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When you read the Psalms, right away you see David calling to God for rescue from his enemies. They have surrounded him and are threatening his life. This starts in Psalm 2. David cries out to God. I don’t see him taking the time to light a candle or even get to his favorite prayer spot. Right where he is, he’s dropping to his knees, hands reaching toward heaven. When he speaks, it’s not in some measured and gentlemanly King James formality. He’s screaming. He hurts his throat. “Lord, how many are my foes!” (Psalm 3:1)...
The topics of prison and police reform are hot items, nationally. Lots of people are giving their opinions, whether solicited or not; but, no one is asking if the Bible gives us any guidance about these things. For the record, it does. As a bit of background, remember that the Mosaic law regarding the kings in Israel (found in Deuteronomy 17) kept the ruler on a tight leash. He was not allowed to veer from the commandments, to the left or the right. He couldn’t make it up as he went. If God did not tell him to do a thing, t...
You can’t legislate morality. Maybe you’ve heard that said, or said it yourself, when a conversation turned toward a prominent moral / political / societal issue. There is a sense in which the statement is perfectly true. There is another sense in which it represents a gross failure to grasp the point. In what sense is it true that you can’t legislate morality? It’s true that no law enacted by any government has the ability to sink down into the human heart and bring light to the darkness. Anti-discrimination laws, for instan...
