Choose Better: Five Biblical Models for Making Ethical Decisions

by T. David Gordon

Overview

"When trying to make good choices, how do we know what is best? Historically, Christians have emphasized five different ways of making ethical decisions. Gordon explains the strengths and weaknesses of each"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629952345
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/2024
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

T. David Gordon was professor of religion and Greek at Grove City College for more than twenty years. Previously, he was an associate professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and, for nearly a decade, pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He is the author of several books and numerous theological articles.

Editorial Reviews

Professor T. David Gordon is a gifted New Testament scholar and teacher. His new book provides five very helpful concepts that can help the believer to understand and apply biblical teachings in daily living. I am glad to see this book in print and commend it to pastors, seminarians, and church leaders who wish to deepen their knowledge of Christian faith and practice.

John Jefferson Davis

To my knowledge, this book is without equal as an explanation of the God-given tools in Scripture that help people to make good and better choices. I have taught these tools to my congregation, and I have used them when helping people make serious choices. God has used Dr. Gordon to explain these tools in a thoughtful and practical way that should be extremely helpful to thinking Christians everywhere. One good biblical idea can transform a life, but in this book there are five great biblical ideas that have transformed my life and my ministry. May God help us all to make better biblically informed choices with this book.

Stephen Migotsky

My first exposure to Dr. Gordon’s five models was in the late 1990s when he taught the material in adult Sunday school in the church I planted, Amoskeag Presbyterian Church. I was impressed with the biblical breadth of his ethical proposal. The Reformed find an emphasis on the law to be a refreshingly concrete guide to the Christian life—but it is not the only guide. Gordon’s five models capture the nuances of biblical ethics and thus provide a significant aid to Christian pilgrims.

Gregory Edward Reynolds

In choosing to read Choose Better, you are making an excellent choice toward growing in both your desire and your ability to live well before God and others. Asking better questions leads to discovering better answers, and so the five models in Choose Better bring the whole counsel of God to bear on ethics, leading beyond good decisions to better decisions.

Lee F. Veazey

Choose Better is a gift to the individual Christian and the church community at large. T. David Gordon has provided an accessible and applicable model for Christian decision-making. Much of the literature on ethical systems and models for choice-making are helpful to the academy but leave laypeople scratching their heads as to how to apply them in real life. Not so with Choose Better! This is a fabulous contribution to the field of ethics and an invaluable resource to professors and pastors alike.

Evan Lenow

B. B. Warfield wrote that next to our longing to be in Christ is our longing to be like Christ. This pithy expression regarding the imitation of Christ is one of the ethical models that T. David Gordon explores in Choose Better. Additional models are opened to us by Dr. Gordon, who provides what every valuable teacher offers: scope. What was previously overlooked is now placed before our eyes to appreciate for its spiritual worth. This is such an important corrective for our dangerous naivete relating to spiritual warfare, and it is medicinal for anemic hearts that have shunned Lady Wisdom’s healing embrace. For all who want a “knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,” I cannot think of a better place to start than this compact little gem.

A. Craig Troxel

Professor T. David Gordon is a gifted New Testament scholar and teacher.  His new book–– Choose Better: Five Biblical Models for Making Ethical Decisions––provides five very helpful concepts––imitation, law, wisdom, communion, and warfare––that can help the believer to understand and apply  biblical teachings in daily  living.  I am glad to see this book in print, and commend it to pastors, seminarians, and church leaders who wish to deepen their knowledge of Christian faith and practice.

John Jefferson Davis Senior Professor of Systematic  Theology and Christian Ethics Gordon-Conwe

My first exposure to Dr. Gordon’s five models was in the late 1990s when he taught the material in adult Sunday School in the church I planted, Amoskeag Presbyterian Church. I was impressed with the biblical breadth of his ethical proposal. In a world, and often a church, filled with antinomianism, the Reformed find an emphasis on the law to be a refreshingly concrete guide to the Christian life—but it is not the only guide. Gordon’s five models capture the nuances of biblical ethics and thus provide a significant aid to Christian pilgrims

Dr. Gregory Edward Reynolds is Pastor emeritus of Amoskeag Presbyterian Church in Manchester