| Summary: | The historical-literary phenomena and all the facets of research have been carefully
tested against Biblical principles and indices. During the journey through historical-literary
material and in the quantitative and qualitative research that has been
undertaken, the striving has continuously been to test each phenomenon, event and
research data against the fundamental, Biblical principles that were enumerated in
the second chapter, i.e.
. The Bible makes a clear case that the whole person needs to develop and be
developed for holy service;
. God Himself is interested in the body as part of the entirety of the person He
created and demonstrates and teaches through His Word against dualism;
. Included in the sixth commandment regarding murder is the principle that one
should not harm one's own body in any way, but rather nourish it (Vorster,
2004:123).
. Christ and the apostles demonstrate in many ways the necessity to serve God
as a whole person;
. To be fit for service includes being fit to live before God as a well-balanced
spiritual, emotional, cerebral and physical being;
. Man's fallen-ness has led to imbalance, causing disfuntionality in stewardship
and in training for stewardship;
. Physical education, as declared in the central theoretical argument and as
reasoned throughout the thesis on the basis of Biblical-ethical principles, should
be regarded as essential to development of vicegerents under Christ. === Thesis (Ph.D. (Ethics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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