How to Live a Good Life Following New Testament Ethics
Published on 22. July 2019
150 pages
978-1-5051-1363-1 (ISBN)
Description
How do I live a truly good life? That, in many respects, is the question we all must ask ourselves and answer. As always, even in our post-Christian society, Christ is the answer, and we discover him in the New Testament. Drawing heavily from Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical Veritatis Splendor and other trusted sources, author Vaclav Rajlich identifies four pillars of ethical reasoning: prohibited acts, prescriptions, priorities, and providence/grace (the 4Ps) to show how readers can practically use these teachings to live a good life. Accessible, practical, and firmly rooted in the teaching and life of Christ, How to Live a Good Life Following New Testament Ethics is an essential guidebook both for contemporary Christians as well as sincere seekers looking to answer that most fundamental of questions.
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Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Ethics
- 1.2. Pursuing Big Goals
- 1.3. The Biggest Goal in Life
- 1.4. Further Study
- 2. Prohibited Acts
- 2.1. The New Testament Prohibitions
- 2.2. Sin
- 2.3. Legalism and its Limits
- 2.4. Further Study
- 3. Prescriptions
- 3.1. Virtuous Acts
- 3.2. Rationality
- 3.3. Proactive Virtues
- 3.4. Reactive Virtues
- 3.5. More on Reasoning about Prescriptions
- 3.6. Stoicism and its Limits
- 3.7. Further Study
- 4. Priorities
- 4.1. The Parable of the Sower
- 4.2. Distractions
- 4.3. "Good Soil"
- 4.4. More on Reasoning about Priorities
- 4.5. Pelagianism and its Limits
- 4.6. Further Study
- 5. Providence and Grace
- 5.1. God's Gifts: Natural and Supernatural
- 5.2. Responding to God's Grace
- 5.3. More on Reasoning about Providence and Grace
- 5.4. Further Study
- 6. Life Lived Well
- 6.1. Precedence among the Rules
- 6.2. Additional Prescriptions
- 6.3. Answers to Some Simplistic Ethical Theories
- 6.4. Human Traits
- 6.5. Further Study
- 7. In the World
- 7.1. Neighbors and Nearest Neighbors
- 7.2. State and Culture
- 7.3. Further Study
- Appendix: Additional Prescriptions
- Frequently Used Citations
- Scriptural Index
- Index
