In his third 2007 New College Lecture Prof O’Donovan considered resolving to do what is right.

When we ask about the world’s repertoire of good things, good relations, good events, good promises, we can go into much specialised detail without ceasing to speak in general terms. Each area of our experience of the world has its own tract of moral discussion: bioethics, discussing whether the human embryo is a person; political ethics, discussing

In his second 2007 New College Lecture Prof. Oliver O’Donovan focussed on admiring what is good.

In describing the core of the moral point of view in a biblical metaphor as “wakefulness”, we have observed that our moral thinking makes a journey from observation to obligation, from the goodness of the world to the rightness of some action that is available to us to do. The good, which is the reason presupposed in any purposeful action, is

Explore ‘Moral Reasoning’ with one of the world’s formost Christian ethicists and theologians.

In his first New College Lecture Professor Oliver O’Donovan used the metaphor of “wakefulness” - the mind alert to shape decisions and actions, to consider what it means for humans to make right choices based on what is “good” and “right”.

You have invited me to make the long journey from Europe to Australia. In return I am inviting you to

An article on economic theory and marriage in light of the Christian worldview.

Donald Hay and Gordon Menzies compare economic and biblical covenant descriptions of what marriage is in this article.

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Nicole Starling reviews what has been an influential book for her family.

Noël Piper’s, Treasuring God in Our Traditions (Wheaton: Crossway, 2003). The book considers at a very practical level the development of Christian family traditions. In the context of an avowedly post-Christian society, ‘family traditions’ have a function that is more critical than ever before, both within our families and in our mission to the wider society.

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Aligning biblical wisdom and research.

In this article Trevor Cairney considers how closely research evidence and biblical wisdom are aligned and concludes that there is much that they have in common.

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