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  Christian Ethics and World Views
Adult Sunday School
Winter 2008

The goal of these complimentary classes is "to give some basic interpretive and theological tools for discernment and living decidedly Christian in this fallen world... and to be a prophetic witness for God's kingdom in our age."  -- Dr. Paul Hoehner

The instructors are Dr. Paul Hoehner and Pastor Doug Warren who will be co-teaching these classes over the winter and early spring.  Dr. Paul Hoehner has unique qualifications being both a practicing anesthesiologist specializing in open-heart, thoracic, and transplant surgery and a Doctoral Candidate working towards a PhD in theological ethics.  Pastor Doug Warren carries both the theological background and the experience necessary to help people work through the practical details of living including those life and death issues both at the beginning and end of life which cause might pain and struggle.

Outline of Course - Ethics
  • Introduction to Christian Ethics: Ethics as Theology
  • Secular Ethics: Mans attempt to do ethics without God
  • Post-Modern Ethics: The end of ethicsis it all relative?
  • Virtue Ethics & Natural Law
  • Building A Christian Approach to Ethics
  • Excursion: Jonathan Edwards' Distinct Approach to Christian Ethics
  • Issues at the Beginning of Life
    • Defining Human Life
    • Stem Cell Research and Modern Biotechnology
    • Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life
  • Issues at the End of Life
    • Defining Death
    • Euthanasia and End of Life Care
    • Death Penalty, Just War, etc.

Outline of Course - Worldviews: An Examination of the Ten Commandments

  • Introduction to the class and Commandment 1

  • TBD


Date Instructor Title Handouts Power Point Audio (mp3)
1/6/2008 Hoehner Introduction: Christian Ethics As Theology  
1/13/2008 Warren The Ten Commandments in Relationship—Loyalty Above All ---
1/20/2008 Warren Destructive Construction ---
1/27/2008 Hoehner Secular Ethics:  Being Good Without God ---
2/3/2008 Hoehner Post-Modern Ethics: Is It All Relative? ---
2/10/2008 Warren The Name Above All Names ---
2/17/2008 Warren Holy Rest in a War Zone ---
2/24/2008 Hoehner Virtue Ethics & Natural Law ---
3/2/2008 Hoehner Against the Grain of Modernity - The Distinctive Christian (Medical) Ethics of Jonathan Edwards ---
3/9/2008 Hoehner Biblical Integration - A Christian Appraisal of Secular Ethics ---
3/16/2008 Warren Honoring God and Man ---
3/30/2008 Warren Honoring God and Man - Part 2 --- ---
4/06/2008 Warren Keeping the King's Peace ---
4/13/2008 Warren Glorifying God with our Sexuality --- ---
4/20/2008 Hoehner Defining Human Life - Part 1 ---
4/27/2008 Hoehner Defining Human Life - Part 2 soon... ---
5/04/2008 Warren Content with Our Inheritance ---
5/11/2008 Warren The Lord, The Truth soon... ---
5/18/2008 Warren Seeking The King and His Kingdom soon... ---
5/25/2008 Warren Justice and Perfection soon... ---
06/01/2008 Warren Living According To The Spirit soon... ---

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