Honoring the Creation The Law of God and Public Policy: The Environment (4) All creatures, being God’s servants, must be treated with justice. “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 ...
The Purpose of Creation The Law of God and Public Policy: The Environment (3) The earth and its creatures are God’s servants in the divine economy. 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 ...
No Wanton Destruction The Law of God and Public Policy: The Environment (2) Creation is to be cared for, not exploited. “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 ...
The Earth Is the Lord’s The Law of God and Public Policy: The Environment (1) We are stewards of God’s creatures. 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. ...
The Lesson of the Cities of Refuge (2) The Law of God and Public Policy: Policies Regarding Life (14) In war it may be necessary to take the life of another human being. “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait or used ...
The Lesson of the Cities of Refuge (1) The Law of God and Public Policy: Policies Regarding Life (13) More evidence of grace in the Law of God. “‘When the LORD your God cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and ...
A Hint of Grace to Come The Law of God and Public Policy: Policies Regarding Life (12) The Law of God opens the way for the grace of God. “When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall ...
Individual Responsibility The Law of God and Public Policy: Policies Regarding Life (11) Every person is responsible for his own conduct before the Lord. “‘Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put ...
Law and Public Policy in the Age of Grace The Law of God and Public Policy: Policies Regarding Life (10) The application of God’s Law requires mindfulness of God’s grace. “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life. ...
The Protection of Women The Law of God and Public Policy: Policies Regarding Life (9) God’s Law elevates the status of women. “But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay ...