MORALITY
What is right and
what is wrong?
MORALITY
Session 3.1
Whose morality
is it anyway?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Key Concept
Everyone lives according to a set of moral
principles or guidelines.
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Micah 6:8
“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and
what does the LORD require of you but to do
justice, and to love kindness, and to walk
humbly with your God?”
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Intro Video
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
SMS Question
Who/what decides what
is right and wrong?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
What are some of the
different ways of
looking at the
question of morality?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
How do Western
culture and the media
in particular, often
portray morality?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
How do we distinguish
between what feels
right and what
actually is right?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
If a correct form of
morality does exist,
how do we determine
what the correct one
is?
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Q&A Video
3.1 Whose morality is it anyway
Q&A Discussion
MORALITY
Session 3.2
Judge and Jury
3.2 Judge and Jury
Key Concept
“We do not invent morality; we discover
morality.”
3.2 Judge and Jury
Romans 1:20; 2:14-16
“Ever since the creation of the world God’s
eternal power and divine nature, invisible
though they are, have been understood and seen
through the things he has made. So they are
without excuse.” “When Gentiles, who do not
possess the law, do instinctively what the law
requires, these, though not having the law, are a
law to themselves.
3.2 Judge and Jury
Romans 1:20; 2:14-16
They show that what the law requires is written
on their hearts, to which their own conscience
also bears witness; and their conflicting
thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them on
the day when, according to my gospel, God,
through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret
thoughts of all.”
3.2 Judge and Jury
Intro Video
3.2 Judge and Jury
SMS Question
Do you think of
Christianity as just a set
of rules?
3.2 Judge and Jury
How are moral choices
different from choices
of personal
preference?
3.2 Judge and Jury
What does justice have
to do with morality?
3.2 Judge and Jury
Where does our sense of
justice come from in the
first place?
3.2 Judge and Jury
If justice is self-evident
why bother to investigate
it?
3.2 Judge and Jury
Who ultimately decides
what’s right and what’s
wrong?
3.2 Judge and Jury
How do we know
Christianity isn’t just
another set of rules?
3.2 Judge and Jury
Q&A Video
3.2 Judge and Jury
Q&A Discussion
MORALITY
Session 3.3
War
3.3 War
Key Concept
Christianity is unique in acknowledging
evil as a reality, refusing to trivialize
human suffering, and for providing a
holistic response to the problem.
3.3 War
Revelation 21:3b-5a
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne
saying, “See, the home of God is among
mortals. He will dwell with them as their
God; they will be his peoples, and God
himself will be with them; he will wipe
every tear from their eyes.
3.3 War
Revelation 21:3b-5a
Death will be no more; mourning and
crying and pain will be no more, for the
first things have passed away.’ And the one
who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I
am making all things new.’”
3.3 War
Intro Video
3.3 War
SMS Question
How do you define
evil?
3.3 War
How do you define
evil?
3.3 War
Why does it appear that
we often have different
definitions of evil?
3.3 War
How do we discern
what is good?
3.3 War
How should
Christians respond to
evil?
3.3 War
Q&A Video
3.3 War
Q&A Discussion
MORALITY
Session 3.4
Moral Stories
3.4 Moral Stories
Key Concept
“Evil is ultimately that which violates the
purposes of God for life and for living in
community with each other.”
3.4 Moral Stories
Romans 6:21c-23
“So what advantage did you then get from
the things of which you now are ashamed?
The end of those things is death. But now
that you have been freed from sin and
enslaved to God, the advantage you get is
sanctification.
3.4 Moral Stories
Romans 6:21c-23
The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin
is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
3.4 Moral Stories
Intro Video
3.4 Moral Stories
SMS Question
What is the meaning
of the word sacred?
3.4 Moral Stories
What is a good
person?
3.4 Moral Stories
How do we define
evil?
3.4 Moral Stories
How do different
worldviews respond to
the problem of evil?
3.4 Moral Stories
What does it mean to
say that life is sacred
and how does this
affect our day-to-day
lives?
3.4 Moral Stories
What is the moral
argument for the
existence of God, and
why is it so
convincing?
3.4 Moral Stories
Q&A Video
3.4 Moral Stories
Q&A Discussion