An Introduction to Biblical Ethics: Walking in the Way of Wisdom

Preface
Introduction

BOOK 1: FOUNDATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

PART I: LOVE
Chapter 1: Defining Love
Chapter 2: The Objects and Conflicts of Love

PART II: LAW
Chapter 3: The Law: Its Definition and Purpose 
Chapter 4: The Law, Christ, Salvation-History, and Obedience

PART III: SIN
Chapter 5: Sin: Its Definition and Its Origin
Chapter 6: Sin: Its Descriptions and Its Results

PART IV: VIRTUES AND VICES
Chapter 7: Becoming a Virtuous Person
Chapter 8: Self-Control and Bodily Appetites, Greed and Contentment
Chapter 9: Pride and Humility; Fear, Faith, Courage, and Hope

PART IV; ETHICAL ALTERNATIVES
Chapter 10: Relativism, Utilitarianism, and the Social Contract
Chapter 11: The Duty-Ethic, Evolutionary Ethics, and God as the Moral Foundation

BOOK 2: APPLYING THE BIBLE TO LIFE

PART VI: GOD FIRST
Chapter 12: No Other Gods or Making and Worshiping Images 
Chapter 13: Not Taking God?s Name in Vain and Observing the Holy Rest Day 

PART VII: SEX, MARRIAGE, AND THE FAMILY
Chapter 14: Preliminary Considerations on Human Sexuality and the Purposes of Marriage
Chapter 15: Violations of God?s Purposes in Marriage: Mixed Spiritual Unions, Adultery, Polygamy, and Divorce
Chapter 16: Nonmarital Violations of God?s Purposes for Sexuality: Lust, Pornography, and Premarital Sex
Chapter 17: Courtship/Dating and Engagement
Chapter 18: The Question of Homosexuality: Biblical and Scientific Questions
Chapter 19: The Gay Marriage Question and Miscellaneous Sexual Considerations
Chapter 20: The Christian Home

PART VIII: LIFE ISSUES
Chapter 21: Murder, Killing, and Anger; Race and Racism
Chapter 22: Abortion and Infanticide
Chapter 23: Suicide, Euthanasia, and Other Medical Ethical Considerations 
Chapter 24: War and Peace
Chapter 25: Crime and Punishment 

PART IX: INTEGRITY: PROPERTY AND TRUTH
Chapter 26: Labor and Management, Work and Leisure
Chapter 27: Economic Systems, Poverty, Wealth and Theft
Chapter 28: Truth and Deception

PART X: CHRISTIANS AND SOCIETY
Chapter 29: Church-State Separation
Chapter 30: Alternative Approaches to the Church-State Relationship
Chapter 31: The Roles of Church and Government
Chapter 32: Christian Engagement in Society 

PART XI: FALLIBLE CHOICES
Chapter 33: Ethical Questions on Which Christians Differ 
Chapter 34: Knowing God?s Will in Matters Not Revealed in Scripture

Afterword
Notes
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index