Ethics in the Presence of Christ

Christian ethics is a matter of grace, present to us in Jesus Christ. But so often Jesus is reduced to a kind of role model. He represents a way of being from the past that should be emulated and made relevant for today. What such an approach lacks, however, is consideration of Jesus as One who is savingly present and active today. Indeed, what if Jesus were not inert. What if his presence is constitutive of reality? Our task is to become participant in his work of making all things new. For by joining what he is doing, ethics fulfills its task, which it to become human. The purpose of this book is to account for the ways in which the revealed truth, love, and power of God revealed in Jesus Christ are contemporary to human life and transformative of human life. By learning to hear, obey, and serve, men and women become aligned to the ongoing and life-giving presence of the truth, love, and power of Jesus Christ.

Preface\Abbreviations\Chapter 1: Ethics and Presence\Chapter 2: On the Presence of Christ's Power\Chapter 3: On the Presence of Christ's Truth\Chapter 4: On the Presence of Christ's Love\Chapter 5: On Why Scripture Construes Ethical Reality\Bibliography\Index of Biblical References/Index of Names