As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Despite claiming to lack hostility toward the global Jewish people, today’s “anti-Zionists” single out the world’s only Jewish state for specific and demonizing criticism….Join us for an important conversation about modern anti-Semitism, anti-Israel rhetoric, and the role of the IHRA in combatting both.” - Heritage Foundation
“Carl Trueman maps out the revolutionary shifts that made it possible, then plausible, then actual.” - CToday
“Unless we consider the moral shape of the challenges confronting us as a society, we will be overwhelmed by the loud, often extreme voices reducing complex decisions about vaccinations to rival narratives that pit individual sovereignty against state authority.
“If Americans are to have any hope of overcoming our deep polarizations, people of faith must be willing to cooperate with one another where they can, even when they strongly disagree on some issues. So said a panel of four faith leaders, including Dr. Russell Moore, in a webinar Thursday on faith and politics under Biden presidency.” - C.Leaders
“…doctors are allowed to execute—murder—their patients and ‘it is no longer necessary for the doctor to agree with the patient when or how euthanasia will be administered’ if the patient has dementia or a similar medical condition.” - AiG
Man-made laws are a mixed bag. Motivations range from desire to build a better society to desire to pander to a constituency, increase personal power, settle a score, or cover up wrongdoing. Even when well meant, laws often bring unintended consequences.
Rule of law, though, is better. As an alternative to the rule of mere men, it’s a rare and precious blessing. A portion of the Oxford English Dictionary definition captures what I mean by the term.
“For those transgressions I am branded a leftist (or, as I recently noted, ‘a flaming Communist’). …The irony, of course, is that during this same season, I’ve continued to write and speak about the same biblically-based values that I have embraced for decades.” - Michael Brown
“I too am troubled by the drift of public opinion on religious liberty, and I too am glad Trump will leave public office—that is, I understand why both perceptions make sense.
“…by the very canons of the Critical Theory that the post-Marxist Left lives by, abortion is an act of oppression. One privileged class (women) imposes its power on a marginalized class (children in the womb).” - Veith
“In an uncertain and difficult year, a record number of people searched for healing, fear, and justice.” - CToday
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