Christian ethics in the age of secularism: The challenge of secularism. The challenge of humanism. Dogmatics and ethics. The place of evangelical ethics between the two aeons.- The foundational principles of ethics: Justification and sanctification. The command of the creator and the law for the fallen world. The problem of norms: (1) conscience. The problem of norms: (2) natural law and the doctrine of the orders.- Man's relation to the world: The conflict situation as typical of man's ethical relation to the world. The borderline situation of extreme conflict.