Christians have been known as people with moral principles even though some may not agree with them. In our day and age, there is an increase awareness of what our ethics should be. Wayne Grudem has written a brand new book just for such a time as this as Christians need to know what we stand for and where it comes from. The book is appropriately titled, Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning.
In this book, Grudem defines what our morals are as Christians and the source of them is from God. Where we get our morals is from the Bible. The Bible is final authority for faith and practice for the believer which includes ethics. The goal of everything we do including living a moral live is to give glory to God. This world will never understand why we do the things we do or live the way we live, but we are not here to please them. We are here to please our Father who does not change even though the culture we live in does.
The rest of the book deals with how we live in relationship with God by not having no other gods before Him and how we live in relationship to one another. The Ten Commandments shows us that we must honor God and care for one another which Jesus say loving God and others sum up the whole law. How do we care for one another? First, we respect those in the authority which include our mother and father and the civil government. Grudem does state if anyone in authority challenges God's authority, we should not listen to them.
We should also protect human life which Grudem does get controversial as he mentions war and capital punishment. Grudem addresses marriage and how the Bible, not society, defines marriage. Grudem also deals with our moral standards concerning work, retirement, and recreation. There was so much Grudem covered that it would take me all day and a long page to write about. I encourage you to pick up a copy of this book and challenge yourself with what Grudem says.
Thanks Crossway for letting me review this book.
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