TITLE: Who Stole of our Values? - PowerPoint Presentation

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TITLE: Who Stole of our Values?

TEXT: Romans 8:2-5

THEME: Modern secular originate in scripture but reject the source.Slide3
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Joseph Fletcher, “Situation Ethics”

Love

is the only rule in

life.

Is that true?Slide5

Joseph Fletcher

"People [with children with Down's syndrome]... have no reason to feel guilty about putting a Down's syndrome baby away, whether it's "put away" in the sense of hidden in a sanitarium or in a more responsible lethal sense. It is sad; yes. Dreadful. But it carries no guilt. True guilt arises only from an offense against a person, and a Down's is not a person.”Slide6

Responses to Fletcher

1. The

rule is general to be normative- what ends should be counted as loving

?Slide7

Responses to Fletcher

2. If

there can be one rule then why not more? He is being arbitrary and selective in choosing only one norm. How does he know he has even picked the right one? Slide8

Responses to Fletcher

3.

You

can be fully legalistic with just one norm- especially if you have not agreed on a way to define what the loving thing to do is. Slide9

Responses to Fletcher

4. How

can you justify only picking one norm? How do you know there are not more? Slide10

Matt 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”Slide11

I. The Premise: The values of secularism come through modern enlightenment

. Slide12

I. The Premise: The values of secularism come through modern enlightenment

.

The values of Christianity are

outdated

and repressive.Slide13

I. The Premise: The values of secularism come through modern enlightenment

.

The values of Christianity are

outdated

and repressive.

Morality is a subjective expression of personal desires or opinions.Slide14

I. The Premise: The values of secularism come through modern enlightenment

.

The values of Christianity are

outdated

and repressive.

Morality is a subjective expression of personal desires or opinions.

Modern science enables us to make better moral decisions. Slide15

I. The Premise: The values of secularism come through modern enlightenment

.

The values of Christianity are

outdated

and repressive.

Morality is a subjective expression of personal desires or opinions.

Modern science enables us to make better moral decisions.

Tolerance

is the supreme virtue.Slide16

I. The Premise: The values of secularism come through modern enlightenment

.

The values of Christianity are

outdated

and repressive.

Morality is a subjective expression of personal desires or opinions.

Modern science enables us to make better moral decisions.

Tolerance

is the supreme virtue.

Everything is relative- there are no

absolutes

.Slide17

Example

“Consider a man who struggles against his attraction to his stepdaughters, and especially one he believes may be his actual daughter.”

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II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview. Slide20

II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview.

Their values originate in Western Culture which was shaped by

Christianity.Slide21

II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview.

Their values originate in Western Culture which was shaped by

Christianity.

They have separated the values from their Christian roots and deny their roots. Slide22

II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview.

Their values originate in Western Culture which was shaped by

Christianity.

They have separated the values from their Christian roots and deny their roots.

They climbed the ladder of Christianity and kicked it out from underneath them. Slide23

II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview.

Their values originate in Western Culture which was shaped by

Christianity.

They have separated the values from their Christian roots and deny their roots.

They climbed the ladder of Christianity and kicked it out from underneath them.

They have redefined and manipulated some of these values. Slide24

II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview.

Their values originate in Western Culture which was shaped by

Christianity.

They

reject/degrade/minimize the

successes

that come out of Christianity and its values. Slide25

II. The Problem: Their account is a myth that ignores

history

and logic

The values they espouse cannot

originate

through a secular/atheist worldview.

Their values originate in Western Culture which was shaped by Christianity

They

reject/degrade/minimize the

successes

that come out of Christianity and its values.

The debate has shifted from “is it true” to “is anyone

offended

.” Slide26

Jerimiah 1:6 says

“To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.”Slide27

John Stott

“The fact is that the authentic gospel of the New Testament remains extremely offensive to human pride, and nobody who preaches it faithfully can expect to escape at least some degree of opposition. Paul found in his day that the message of Christ crucified was both folly to Greek intellectuals and a stumbling block to self-righteous Jews. Slide28

John Stott

“Nobody

can reach God by his own wisdom or by his own morality. Only at the cross can God be known. And this is doubly offensive to men and women of culture. They resent the exclusiveness of the Christian claim, and even more the humiliation implicit in it. Christ from his cross seems to say to us, "I am here because of you. If it were not for your sin and pride, I would not be here. And if you could have saved yourself, I would not be here either." Slide29

APPLICATION

The Christian pilgrimage begins with bowed head and bent knee; there is no other way into the kingdom of God except by the exaltation of those who have humbled themselves.Slide30
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III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective

morality.Slide32

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective

morality.

Subjective vs Objective (Truth and Values). Slide33

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

Subjective vs Objective (Truth and Values).

Relatives vs Absolutes. Slide34

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture. Slide35

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms

valuesSlide36

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Women’s

RightsSlide37

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Women’s Rights-

Equal Rights- Slide38

Galatians 2:28

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”.Slide39

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Women’s Rights-

Equal Rights-

Dignity of

Man Slide40

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Women’s Rights-

Equal Rights-

Dignity of Man

Humanism- Slide41

Psalm 19

“Who is man?... You

have made him a little lower than “Elohim.” Slide42

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in

scripture

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of

faithSlide43

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in

scripture

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of faith

Love vs

Tolerance-Slide44

Romans 13:8-11

“8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet

,”” Slide45

Romans 13:8-11

“and

whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” Slide46

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of faith

Love vs

Tolerance-

ImpunitySlide47

Romans

1:18

“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness.”Slide48

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of faith

Christianity

and Greek thought supports the concept of Natural

LawSlide49

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of faith

Christianity

and Greek thought supports the concept of Natural

Law

Natural

Law-Slide50

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of faith

Christianity

and Greek thought supports the concept of Natural

Law

Natural

Law

Romans 1:19-20 Slide51

III. The Biblical Response: Our values should be grounded in the unchanging

nature

of God

.

The nature of God is the basis for all values and provides an objective morality

God

has revealed the essence of his nature in scripture.

The

Bible provides the basis for most of secularisms values

Christian

values are best understood in the context of faith

Christianity

and Greek thought supports the concept of Natural

Law

Natural

Law

Romans 1:19-20

All the major Greek philosophers supported natural law.Slide52

Romans 1:19-20

The

law of God is written on men’s hearts. “19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen,” Slide53

There are two fundamental views of reality.

Things have a Nature that is

teleologically

(purposely) ordered to ends that inherent in their essence

.Slide54

There are two fundamental views of reality.

Things have a Nature that is

teleologically

(purposely) ordered to ends that inherent in their essence.

Things do not have a Nature with ends: things are nothing in themselves, but are only what we make them to be according to our wills and desires. Therefore, we can make everything, including ourselves, anything that we wish and that we have the power to

do.Slide55
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APPLICATION

1. God

has given you His Word to enable you to know Him, how you are to live and relate to Him. You are not left on our own to arbitrarily figure it out. Slide57

APPLICATION

2. God

has your best in mind. He did not give you the law with its rest restrictions and expectations to make you miserable- he gave them so that we can live the life we are designed for and thus receive the enjoyment that goes with it

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APPLICATION

3. In

the coming weeks we address some difficult issues like human sexuality and homosexual to address what God’s Word and natural law say about them.Slide59