The Key Biblical Principle for Police Reform? Humane Imagination
Being a skinhead in Tulsa Oklahoma meant regular encounters with the police. Back in the 1980s/90s, officers didn’t seem to…
How the Ten Commandments Shape the Moral Imagination
Late Second Temple and New Testament era debates about divorce often focused on the seemingly strange law discussing divorce in…
The Sabbath as a Key to Understanding Biblical Law, Part 2
Read part 1, on the ethical purposes of Sabbath. The Sabbath was originally instituted as a sign and a condensed…
The Sabbath as a Key to Understanding Biblical Law, Part 1
As a child, I enjoyed books with “exploded” views of great machines, within which all the component parts of some…
Will the Church Ever Understand Biblical Law?
This article was originally published by the Theopolis Institute on April 21, 2022. This slightly modified version has been republished…
5 Things to Consider When Reading Biblical Law, Part III
How does God use law to reason with Israel, and why can’t individuals be ethical all on their own? This is the final part of this series.
5 Things to Consider When Reading Biblical Law, Part II
Besides the uniqueness of Hebrew law, we must remain aware of our own legal assumptions and the narratized form of biblical law.
5 Things to Consider When Reading Biblical Law, Part I
How do we know what is legal and what is not today? For example, how do we personally know that…
