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What is right and what is wrong?
MORALITY
MORALITY
Whose morality is it
anyway?
Session 3.1
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Key ConceptEveryone lives according to a set of
moral principles or guidelines.
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Micah 6:8“He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to
walk humbly with your God?”
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Intro Video
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
SMS QuestionWho/what decides what is right and wrong?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
What are some of the different ways of
looking at the question of morality?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
How do Western culture and the
media in particular, often portray
morality?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
How do we distinguish between what feels right and
what actually is right?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
If a correct form of morality does exist,
how do we determine what the
correct one is?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Q&A Video
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Q&A Discussion
MORALITY
Judge and Jury
Session 3.2
3.2 Judge and Jury
Key Concept“We do not invent morality; we
discover morality.”
3.2 Judge and Jury
Romans 1:20; 2:14-16“Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible
though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So
they are without excuse.” “When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively
what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves.
3.2 Judge and Jury
Romans 1:20; 2:14-16They show that what the law requires is
written on their hearts, to which their own conscience also bears witness; and their
conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will
judge the secret thoughts of all.”
3.2 Judge and Jury
Intro Video
3.2 Judge and Jury
SMS QuestionDo you think of Christianity as just a set of rules?
3.2 Judge and Jury
How are moral choices different from choices of
personal preference?
3.2 Judge and Jury
What does justice have to do with morality?
3.2 Judge and Jury
Where does our sense of justice come from in
the first place?
3.2 Judge and Jury
If justice is self-evident why bother to investigate it?
3.2 Judge and Jury
Who ultimately decides what’s right and what’s
wrong?
3.2 Judge and Jury
How do we know Christianity isn’t just another set of rules?
3.2 Judge and Jury
Q&A Video
3.2 Judge and Jury
Q&A Discussion
MORALITY
War
Session 3.3
3.3 War
Key ConceptChristianity is unique in acknowledging
evil as a reality, refusing to trivialize human suffering, and for providing a
holistic response to the problem.
3.3 War
Revelation 21:3b-5a“And I heard a loud voice from the
throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
3.3 War
Revelation 21:3b-5aDeath will be no more; mourning and
crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.’ And the one who was seated on the throne said,
‘See, I am making all things new.’”
3.3 War
Intro Video
3.3 War
SMS QuestionHow do you define evil?
3.3 War
How do you define evil?
3.3 War
Why does it appear that we often have
different definitions of evil?
3.3 War
How do we discern what is good?
3.3 War
How should Christians respond
to evil?
3.3 War
Q&A Video
3.3 War
Q&A Discussion
MORALITY
Moral Stories
Session 3.4
3.4 Moral Stories
Key Concept“Evil is ultimately that which violates the purposes of God for life and for
living in community with each other.”
Romans 6:21c-23“So what advantage did you then get from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been
freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification.
3.4 Moral Stories
Romans 6:21c-23The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
3.4 Moral Stories
Intro Video3.4 Moral Stories
SMS QuestionWhat is the meaning of the word sacred?
3.4 Moral Stories
What is a good person?
3.4 Moral Stories
3.4 Moral Stories
How do we define evil?
3.4 Moral Stories
How do different worldviews respond to the problem of
evil?
3.4 Moral Stories
What does it mean to say that life is sacred and how
does this affect our day-to-day lives?
3.4 Moral Stories
What is the moral argument for the existence of God, and why is it so
convincing?
Q&A Video3.4 Moral Stories
Q&A Discussion3.4 Moral Stories