Michael & Cody are joined by Michael Hunter for a discussion surrounding the book, The Marrow of Christian Ethics—be sure to pickup a copy—by Benedict Pictet, the nephew of Francis Turretin. The Marrow is a concise treatise of classical reformed ethics which Michael Hunter recently translated and published. Highlights:
- Hunter's college background and studies
- Thoughts on retrieval
- Who is Benedict Pictet? Why publish this book?
- Survey of the book's contents
- The discipline of Ethics and how it has been neglected
- The importance of Ethics for preaching
- Man as a social creature
- Maintaining friendships
- Self-love, priority of love, and hatred
- Good works—condition of the Covenant of Grace, for eternal glory, etc.
- Modern views of good works vs. Benedict Pictet
- Emotions—what they are, what place they have, how they help us in nature
- Pleasure and Christian hedonism
Purchase the book here.
Read Michael Hunter's excellent Natural Communties articles here.
