Law and justice
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: Does the Church really want His kingdom to come?
(Personal note: For those who have been waiting for more content, I apologize for the delay. I’m currently involved in a short term project that will be ending soon. Today’s post is a little ahead of where I wanted to be for this installment, but recent events has moved this topic forward.) This week I… Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The right to self defense.
Of all rights, perhaps none rival in importance the right to self defense. It is the most basic instinct of all living things. The deer or the elk care very little that a pack of wolves has banded together with the intent to kill and has the power to do so. Its power is limited… Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the millennial reign: The importance of freedom of speech.
In Matthew 15 Jesus says, “But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.” Matthew 15:18&19. To know what is in a person, you have to allow them to speak. In… Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The Ten Commandments, perfect law, part 2.
In the last writing I discussed what makes a law useful to people in that they are determined by specific harms that are unacceptable. Harms to body, property and falsely to reputation. All of these point to the necessity of bodily autonomy of each individual without impinging on the basic right of others as in… Continue reading
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