Obligatory Justice The Law of God and Public Policy: Justice (3) We owe to all people dignity, respect, and love. “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make ...
The Nature of Justice The Law of God and Public Policy: Justice (2) Justice embodies the character and purposes of God. “You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause ...
The Goal of Public Policy The Law of God and Public Policy: Justice (1) The goal of public policy is justice, not interest. “You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts ...
The Language of Public Policy (2) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (14) We must let wisdom and understanding speak for themselves. “See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering ...
The Language of Public Policy (1) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (13) Making public policy is first of all the work of prayer. First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high ...
The Loci of Public Policy (3) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (12) Some of us must become involved in the arena of public policy. But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to ...
The Loci of Public Policy (2) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (11) Make the best use of every public forum. “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who, when they hear all these statutes, ...
The Loci of Public Policy (3) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (10) Public policy begins in the home and over the back fence. “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall talk ...
The Logic of Public Policy (2) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (9) The question of what is truly good must guide all public policy. “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved ...
The Logic of Public Policy (1) The Law of God and Public Policy: First Things (8) Public policy is about what government should do. “Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the LORD has ...