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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 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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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The Ten Commandments, perfect law, part 1.
In this series, I have been writing that things such as traffic enforcement rules and other mechanisms like them exist only to serve themselves. In so doing, they pervert justice by punishing those who do no harm, immediate or corrosive(more on that later). And given the size of police departments, one would think the streets… Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The relationship between law and justice.
My daily reading in Scripture took me to Mark 12 today where Jesus was asked what are the greatest commandments of the law. “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your… Continue reading
Broad meadows 