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An Introduction to Biblical Ethics: Walking in the Way of Wisdom is unavailable, but you can change that!

What should we do or not do? What attitudes, behavior and qualities are good? Can we be good without God? What is the highest good, the purpose of human existence? These are the questions the study of ethics seeks to answer. Unlike many approaches to ethics, this book foundationally turns to Scripture, going only as far as Scripture itself goes. The result is an overview of biblical ethics that...

priority over all human relationships or this-worldly considerations. Although Jesus emphasized the importance of love for one’s parents (Mk 7:9–13), he challenged the common understanding of “family values,” placing a greater priority on brothers and sisters in Christ than on biological family (Mt 12:46–50)—on seeking God’s kingdom above all other priorities (Mt 6:33).13 And while reconciling one human to another or restoring peace are significant and reflect the power of the gospel, such involvements
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