This new book has now been released. The topics covered are shown below. The book is illustrated in full colour throughout using new pictures from the site and the National Archaeological Museum at Naples. The book is in three parts with detailed plans and recent photographs. The photographs were taken by Calum Gilmour in April 2012 during a trip to Italy for this purpose. The book is illustrated in full colour.
Where can moral direction and moral certainty be found in a secular materialist world? The Christian answer is: In the scriptures, in the teaching of Jesus and the early church, in personal spiritual experience and inspiration, in a sense of discipleship and the application of the New Testament principles and values. This book is not a detailed treatment of New Testament ethics, but it does contain much material from the New Testament which the author has found helpful in developing his own sense of moral direction as a Christian disciple. The opening chapters deal with ethics in general and how Christian ethics relate to this. There is a detailed discussion of the Sermon on the Mount followed by a study in Ephesians chapters 4-6 focussing on ethics in the early Church. The last part of the book deals with moral issues which confront disciples today - marriage and remarriage; anger and violence; environmentalism; purity; and the moral issues relating to computers and the Internet. The emphasis throughout is on the application of Christian and New Testament principles and attitudes under the Holy Spirit. There are questions for discussion and private study at the end of each section."--Publisher's description.
The focus in this resource is on the world of Greece and Rome and its coming of age in the General Education of the Hellenistic period. The narrative begins with the old Greek warrior education with its emphasis on the education of the hero and his equipping for single combat and glory. It moves to the Old Athenian education and the emergence of figures such as Solon and Sappho and the other poets. Sparta remains a special case which does not prove durable in the long run"--Publisher information.
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