Assignments for this course take the form of written summaries, research, and analysis. They are designed to help us work through the course
objectives, while keeping a focus on our spiritual growth through conceptual learning.For each assignment, please develop a document and submit it to me in either Microsoft Word or HTML format (your word processing
software should permit you to do a "save as" and choose either of those formats).
Assignment #1
Readings: Right from Wrong
Chapter 1: A Generation in
Crisis
Chapter 2: Truth Matters
Chapter 3: A Seismic Shift
Length
5-6 pages
Why is
important to look at the long-term, future benefits of
right choices over the immediate gratification of
counterfeits? Also, what does it mean to acquire ethical
values from a Christian worldview?
Assignment #2
Readings: Right from Wrong
Chapter 4: From Generation to
Generation
Chapter 5: More Fact than
Fiction
Chapter 6: The Test of
Truth
Length
5-6 pages
How can
the precepts of Scripture be used to determine absolute
truth in your life? And, what does it mean to use the
Test of Truth to make ethical decisions?
Assignment #3
Readings: Right from Wrong
Chapter 7: The Evidence of Truth
Chapter 8: Teaching the Truth
Chapter 9: Coming to Terms with
the Truth
Length
5-6 pages
What
does it mean to use the Evidence of Truth to make
ethical decisions? How do you come to terms with the
Truth and how would you teach the Truth to others?
Assignment #4
Readings: Right from Wrong
Chapter 10: What’s the Truth
about Sex?
Chapter 11: What’s the Truth
about Honesty?
Chapter 12: What’s the Truth
about Family?
Length
5-6 pages
Why
does ethics have such an impact in the areas sexual
morality, integrity and family? Why is it important to
understand God’s gift of sex according to the principles
he has given and for the purposes He has designed for
it?
Assignment #5
Readings: Right from Wrong
Chapter 13: What’s the Truth
about Other Truths?
Chapter 14: Making it Right
Introduction to Research
Analysis
Chapter 15: Survey Analysis on
Love and Sex
Length
5-6 pages
How do
Christian ethics set a foundation to evaluate all other
truths? How do use your understanding of Christian
ethics to evaluate all truths that impact your life on a
daily basis?
Assignment #6
Readings: Right from Wrong
Chapter 16: Survey Analysis on
Marriage and Family
Chapter 17: Survey Analysis on
Faith and Religion
Chapter 18: Survey Analysis on
Attitudes and Lifestyles
State
the definition for the following terms:
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absolute truth
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relativism
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precept
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principle
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family
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love
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humanism
Quote
the following verses:
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Proverbs 2:1-11
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John 17:17
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John 16:13
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John 14:6
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Malachi 3:6a
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Jeremiah 29:11
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Micah 6:8
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Luke 6:31
Assignment #7
Final
Research Paper
Length
12-15 pages
What
has the Lord revealed to you in this course? Write a
final paper summing up the knowledge, ideas and
conclusions you reached during the course. Focus your
paper and make sure it reflects, through references and
comments, the work you have done and what you gained
from your learning experience. Explain how you gained a
greater understanding of ethics from a Christian
perspective. Consider the question, what does it mean to
honor the person and character of God as the standard
against which all truth can be measured?
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Read: Readings in Christian Ethics, vol. 2: Issues
and Applications
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Consider all the material you observed in this
course and focus on those issues that are close to
your heart.
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Also, make use of the bibliography resources in your
texts as they make excellent references for guided
research.
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Make use of the ACU Online Resource Center. There
are many great resources there to help you.
Assignments that MUST BE SUBMITTED to Your Instructor
for Grading
YOU
WILL NOT RECEIVE A GRADE FOR THE COURSE OR BE CREDITED
AS COMPLETING THE COURSE UNTIL ALL OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND GRADED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Assignment #1
Assignment #2
Assignment #3
Assignment #4
Assignment #5
Assignment #6
Assignment #7: Final Research Paper
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