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Christians all agree that people should turn to the pages of the Bible when in need of encouragement, inspiration, and guidance for one's spiritual life. They also accept that the Bible should be studied when needing to sort out ideas about the nature of God, life, and death. But is is not so readily accepted that the Bible should be the yardstick and major resource on ethical matters. In fact, many people, including some Christians, don't even consider the Bible when trying to find help on moral issues. After all, they argue, the Bible seems unclear on some issues such as polygamy and slavery and even runs counter to accepted standards of current morality. Finally, on such issues as contemporary medical advances (Should cloning be permitted? Should stem-cells from embryos be allowed to be used in a hope for a cure for Alzheimer's disease?) the Bible may appear to be totally irrelevant since such possibilities were never even imagined in Bible terms. This book, however, sets out principles from the Bible that have a direct bearing on even the latest moral dilemmas of the twenty-first century.
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