INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS
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A. Definition of Christian Ethics 1

B. The Location of Christian ethics in the Theological Encyclopedia 2

C. THe Necessity of the Study of Christian Ethics

D. Objectives of the Study of Christian Ethics 3

E. The Problem of Christian ethics  4

I. UNDERLYING DISTINCTIONS IN CHRISTIAN ETHICS
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    A. Values, Norms, and Laws 4
   
    B. Intrinsic and extrinsic Value 5

    C. Authority, Responsibility, Rights, Powers 7

    D. Law and Love 8

    E. Primary and Contributory Responsibility 9

    F. Legalism and Antinomianism

    G. Innate senses and God's Revealed Will 10

    H. Higher and Lower Obligations

    I. Descriptive and Prescriptive Ethics 11

    J. Public Policy and Private Purity 12

II. THE SEARCH FOR A BIBLICAL STANDARD OF MORAL CONDUCT

    A. The Standard of the Mosaic Law (especially the Decalogue) 13

          1. The Mosaic Law in general as a standard of moral conduct 13  013  014  015  016  017  018  019

          2. The Ten Commandments as a standard of moral conduct 19  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048

    B. The Standard of the Old Testament Prophetic Books 48  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064

    C. The Standard of the Teaching of Jesus, especially in the Sermon on the Mount 64  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075

    D. The Standard of the Teaching of the New Testament (not including the Gospels) 75  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110

    E. Identification of a Biblical Standard of Moral Conduct 110  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131

          What about the Mosaic Law? Does it have any relevance today? Does it provide a standard of conduct?

III. THE APPLICATION OF SCRIPTURE TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN

    A. Marriage, divorce, remarriage 131  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140

    B. Homosexuality 140  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150

    C. Abortion, Euthanasia and Other Issues Related to the Value of the
        Sacredness of Human Life and the Norm or the Obligation to Preserve it. 150  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158  159  160

PRINCIPLES RELATED TO THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
AND THE OBLIGATION TO PRESERVE IT  160  160

 IV. CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD

    A. Does a Christian have a responsibility to attempt to change the character and conduct
of non-Christian members of his or her society? 161  161  162  163  164  165  166

    B. Does the Christian have a responsibility to attempt to slow down the secularization
of his or her culture and society? 166  166  167  168  169  170

    C. What is the place of Christian moral values and norms
in a pluralistic (and largely secular) society? 170  170  171  172  173  174  175  176

    D. What can Christians do to combat the secularist trend in moral values
and norms and to influence their culture and society for good? 176-177  176  177