Ethics is a vast field and this is only the merest introduction to it, but hopefully it will help us as Christians to understand and face up to the social, ethical, medical and cultural issues around us and thus will…
LESSON TEN: THE POOR We live in a divided world. It is the world of the haves and the have nots, of the stark division between rich and poor, of the economic oppressors and the oppressed. At a time when…
LESSON NINE: EMPLOYMENT The Technological Revolution is changing the Western understanding of work. Gone is the time when all but the favoured few had to work for their — very existence, when to be unwaged meant almost certain death –…
LESSON EIGHT: LIFE: (PART TWO) In this session, we will consider together the issues involved in Genetic engineering and Euthanasia. A. GENETIC ENGINEERING: In 1961 the first tadpoles were cloned (genetically identical specimens grown from a single cell.) In 1962…
LESSON SEVEN: LIFE: (PART ONE) Read: Ps. 139:13-16: Ps. 106:37-38 It is incredible that any civilised country with a Christian heritage should authorise the wholesale slaughter of its children. Yet that is precisely what has happened in most Western nations.…
LESSON SlX: SEXUALITY (PART 2) In our last session we looked at some of the modern destructive ideas about sexuality. In this session we shall look at some specific issues and present the Biblical view of sexuality. B. SEXUALITY –…
LESSON FIVE: SEXUALITY: (PART ONE) Read: Gen. 1:27: 2:23-25; Rom. 13:8-10. None of us can answer the question ‘Who am I’ without taking our sex into account. Equally, we cannot divorce our character from our sexual relationships and habits. Sexuality…
LESSON FOUR: PEACE: (PART TWO) Read: Eph. 2:14-17; 2Cor. 10:3-5. In this second part, we look at the New Testament teaching on this issue and our response as God’s people living in a new covenant. A. THE NEW TESTAMENT APPROACH…
LESSON THREE: PEACE: (PART 1.) Read: James 4:1-3; Mt. 24:6-7; 5:9. We live in a world of unceasing war. Our greatest investments of wealth, ingenuity and energy are concentrated, not on the relief of sickness and famine, but on a…
HUMAN RIGHTS (PART 2) Read: Eph. 2:11-19: Gal. 3:28 In this session we shall look at the issues of Race; Sex and Class and their implications for the Human Rights issue. A. JEWS AND GENTILES Read again Eph. 2:11-19. No…