The Christian Life: A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Joseph Stump

“This book aims to set forth distinctly Christian ethics… to depict the Christian life from the standpoint of faith and regeneration… to depict the moral life from the religious point of view… The truly ethical life is grounded in the right relation of the individual to God, and that this relation determines his relation to his fellow men.” - from the Preface

Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed.

Contents

• Titlepage
• Preface
• Contents
• Introduction

Part I. The Christian

• 1 Man As A Moral Being
• 2 Man’s Natural Moral State
• 3 The Moral Law
• 4 Conscience
• 5 The External Positive Law
• 6 The Inner Transformation In Man
• 7 The Christian Ethical Man

Part II. The Christian Motive

• 8 The Nature Of The Christian Life
• 9 Love To God
• 10 Love To Ourselves
• 11 Love To Our Fellow Men
• 12 Love To The World In General

Part III. Christian Conduct

• 13 General Principles Of Conduct

• 14 The Nature Of Christian Conduct

• 15 Duties To God

• 16 Duties To Ourselves

• 17 The Family

• 18 The Church

• 19 The State

• 20 Society In General

• Bibliography

• Index

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2024
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0