Christian Ethics — A framework for understanding

Join the Coffee and Life study group for an eight-week series on "Christian Ethics – A framework for understanding." The group will meet on Zoom on Tuesdays, 7-8pm, beginning on January 12 and concluding on March 2.

There are two basic approaches in Christian theology – biblical theology, which centers upon the perspective of a particular biblical author and his/her personal experience with God; and systematic theology, which addresses a broader perspective, usually from multiple biblical authors as well as developing church thought throughout the church’s history. Systematic theology strives to make sense of sometimes divergent ideas from different times and life situations. This study is a systematic approach that will hopefully get us closer to understanding how we make decisions about the right thing to do. In a more specific sense, it is a study about how we understand justice and how we should regard people who do not think the way we do in our decision making. A central motif throughout the study will be the different ways that we think about our Christian salvation. The study concludes with a discussion about the meaning and effect of the Christian doctrine of Atonement.