The Highest Good - Chambers, Oswald

The Highest Good

Introduction

Source

The highest good is comprised of lectures in Oswald chambers christian ethics class at the bible training college, London, between 1911 and 1915.

Publication history

. As articles: the lectures were published as articles in the btc monthly journal15 from October 1936 through march 1937.

 . As a book: the highest good was first published in 1938. It was published as part of a combined volume with the pilgrims song book and thy great redemption in 1965.

In chambers christian ethics class at the bible training college, he used as a text James stalkers book, the ethic of Jesus according to the synoptic gospels (1909). Thus, the frequent use of quotes from stalker in these lectures. James stalker (18481927) was a scottish scholar and pastor who served as professor of church history at the united free church college, aberdeen, from 1902 to 1926. Other material from chambers teaching on ethics is found in biblical ethics (1947) and the moral foundations of life (1936).

Contents
Summum Bonum …………………………………………………………………… 540
Righteousness ………………………………………………………………………. 542
Missing It ……………………………………………………………………………. 545
Irresponsibility……………………………………………………………………… 548
The Base Impulse …………………………………………………………………. 550
The Base Impulse (Continued) ………………………………………………. 553