Fourth Week of Tuesday Evening Christian Ethics Class

Tim met with Stephen, Kolya, and Jason yesterday evening and conducted their fourth class in Christian Ethics. These students have been engaging this subject with a high level of interest. They bring in more ideas and questions for discussion than we can possibly address. However, one of the special objectives of this type of class was to facilitate fellowship and discussion. This has been very helpful with developing Christian concepts in all of our minds. The reading and lectures have been engaging, though the level of English has necessitated a degree of qualification at various points in the lectures. Stephen and Kolya have a very high level of English language skill, but sometimes there are idiomatic terms or phrases that must be defined for them. Sometimes there are cultural aspects, for which they have no awareness. Last evening's topic of situation ethics generated a lot of discussion, but needed much qualification because of the terms used to define and teach situation ethics. Our class, which begins at 5:00, should consume about two hours. However, last evening we were after 8:30 finishing.