| Law, Grace, and Virtue |
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Patrick Henry, “Remembering the Rescuers” |
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Philip Haillie, "Magda and the Great Virtues" |
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Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland |
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Josef Pieper, "The Christian Virtues" |
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Margaret Atkins, "Can We Ever Be Satisfied?" |
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*Overhead: The Virtues, the Sacraments, and Christ |
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*Scripture: The Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7) |
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*Scripture: Mt 5:1-20 ("The Beatitudes" from the Sermon on the Mount) |
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*Scripture: A New Law: The Law of the Spirit |
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*Scripture: External Legalism Condemned by the Prophets |
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*Scripture: The Greatest Commandment |
| Fundamental
Questions: Previously we were asking whether or not there was
such a thing as acts that are objectively right or wrong, acts that are
intrinsically wrong – wrong because they are violations of the
intrinsic dignity and worth of the human person? Are there times when
you do the evil thing you know is wrong? Is it enough merely to express belief in God and Christ on your lips? Or do you have to change your life? Do you think the mere expression on your lips of belief in God and Christ is sufficient in and of itself to cause you to change your life? Is it sufficient, for example, for you to be able to stop committing sins and always do the good? |