Michael Hunter: The Marrow of Christian Ethics by Benedict Pictet

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.