Ethics, Human Dignity, & Christian Orthodoxy

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What made the early church so compelling? What were the practical ethics of early Christian practice? What would it look like to restore our radical witness?

The lecture today is titled "Ethics, Human Dignity, and Christian Orthodoxy." Originally given at the Remission Connect Conference at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ (Little Rock, AR) on February 10, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad categories: Begin, Instill, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under LEARN: Introduction to Theology.
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Podcast Notes (resources used or referenced):

• The "more beautiful song" illustration (connecting Homer and Orpheus) comes from Martin Luther King's 1964 Nobel Lecture.
• "We need a good story": David Martin, Christian Language in the Secular City (2002).
• Nathan Guy, "Jesus Made Your Moral World," TGC 2024.
• A summary of Keller's speech at the Gospel & Our Cities Conference can be found here. See also Larry Hurtado, Destroyer of the Gods.
• Nathan Guy, "The New Christian Era," Christianity Today 2024.
• Louise Perry, The Case Against The Sexual Revolution.
• Brad East, "COC-Catholic, not Evangelical."
• Allen Gardiner illustration can be found here.
• Song, "I Raise A Hallelujah" (Bethel Music).

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챕터

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Intro Highlight: 5 Early Christian Ethical Practices (00:00:45)

3. A Good Story and A More Beautiful Song (00:01:40)

4. The Gospel (00:07:01)

5. A Radically Different Witness (00:10:23)

6. The Gospel Logic: 5 Christian Ethical Practices (00:19:27)

7. Skeptics To Converts: Follow The Gospel Logic (00:22:25)

8. Churches of Christ: A Call To Action (00:32:50)

9. Exercise: Truth, Goodness and Beauty in Titus (00:43:56)

10. Conclusion: I Raise A Hallelujah (00:48:49)