Creation: A Witness to the Lord The Law of God and Public Policy God makes Himself known in creation. It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. Proverbs 25:2 Speaking to a group of pagans in Lystra, the Apostle Paul commented in passing ...
Creation: Honor Creation The Law of God and Public Policy We must honor creation as God’s servant. “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Deuteronomy 25:4 God loves His creation—loves it so much that He sent His only Son to redeem it from sin and to reconcile it ...
Creation: God’s Purpose The Law of God and Public Policy God’s purposes for creation must be observed. Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast. By your appointment they stand this day, for all things ...
Creation: The Law on Our Hearts The Law of God and Public Policy Contemporary concern for creation and the Law on the heart. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. ...
Creation: No Wanton Destruction The Law of God and Public Policy The Law forbids wanton destruction of creation. “When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, ...
Creation: The Earth is the Lord’s The Law of God and Public Policy The Law demands proper use of the environment. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Psalm 24:1 All ...
The Law and Life: War The Law of God and Public Policy War may be necessary, and the killing that goes with it. “When you go out to war against your enemies….” Deuteronomy 20:1 The Law of God was given in a context in which war was imminent, inevitable, and virtually continuous. Thus, war ...
The Law and Life: Capital Punishment The Law of God and Public Policy God’s Law provides for the capital punishment of certain offenders. “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.” Leviticus 24:17 Murder was not the only sin for which capital punishment could be applied under the Law of God. Capital ...
The Law and Life: Prolonging Life The Law of God and Public Policy How shall we think about prolonging life? And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job 1:21 It ...
The Law and Life: Those Who Are Disabled The Law of God and Public Policy God’s Law guards justice for the disabled. “You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:14 The making of public policy in ...