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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.”

The Role of Old Testament Law in Health.

Jesus redeemed us from the law.  However, Old Testament laws continued to serve an important purpose, because many of them protect people from dangers science would not discover for centuries. Here are examples in addition to the recently mentioned hand washing and burying of “night soil”: “All FAT belongs to the Lord. This is aContinue reading “The Role of Old Testament Law in Health.”