Galatians 3:24 – Household Words:

The Law is Your Schoolmaster. Leviticus 7:22-27.

Image: this ‘vintage ad’ is actually a parody. People who are unhappy with laws love to bring up Prohibition and then cite the old cliché, “You can’t legislate morality.” However– The failure of Prohibition proves not that you can’t legislate morality, but that you can’t legislate morality when the entire country disagrees with the legislation.Continue reading “The Law is Your Schoolmaster. Leviticus 7:22-27.”

Do the Ten Commandments Make Any Difference Anymore? Matthew 13:52.

Pictured: Moses holding the Ten Commandments at the center of a statue of lawgivers atop the East Facade of the United States Supreme Court building. My friend James wrote recently that the Ten Commandments play no role in the life of a Christian. I disagree–and contrary to my usual approach, I am going to beginContinue reading “Do the Ten Commandments Make Any Difference Anymore? Matthew 13:52.”

AN ALLEGORY OF GALATIANS 3.

Imagine a KINGDOM called FAITH. The head of the kingdom is KING ABRAHAM. Before King Abraham leaves for a long journey, he places his child and heir, PRINCE ISRAEL, in the hands of a guardian. The guardian’s name is LAW. Guardian LAW will raise the heir while the king is away, teaching the heir allContinue reading “AN ALLEGORY OF GALATIANS 3.”

IF WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE, THEN WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LAWS? Galatians 3:24.

How many laws are there in America? One thousand? Ten thousand? One hundred thousand? The truth is, no one knows. In 2013, a Senior Legal Research Specialist with the Library of Congress wrote that “trying to tally the number” of federal laws “is nearly impossible.” [1] The laws governing life in ancient Israel were alsoContinue reading “IF WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE, THEN WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LAWS? Galatians 3:24.”

What About the Old Testament?

We people of the New Testament have a weird relationship to the Old. Do we obey it or not? We avoid murder but approve eating shrimp and pork? We ignore dietary laws, but honor the BIG TEN? If so, why do we shrug off adultery? And why do we disregard the Sabbath? Some treatContinue reading “What About the Old Testament?”