law would be identified and justly punished. The leaders of the most powerful nation on earth wanted the world to know that the United States of America is “a nation of law.” Why? Because good laws ensure order and protection for those governed by them.3 Communities without any laws would be unpleasant, even frightening, places to live. We probably wouldn’t want to live under those conditions for long. Some authors point out, somewhat accusingly, that the covenant God gave His people at Sinai contained
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