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The Law of Perfect Freedom: Relating to God and Others through the Ten Commandments is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Ten Commandments. No other document has done more to shape the values of Western civilization. And yet, God’s rules remain no less controversial today than when Moses presented his infamous stone tablets to the nation of Israel. Even now, their role in our courts and schools is under scrutiny and has sparked heated debate. But just as important as this public discussion is a more private...

is why the civil authority must respect both liberty (because of the divine image in humanity) as well as justice (because of the fallenness of humanity). Unfortunately, when we want to break the bounds of the law, the only thing that stops some of us is the threat that law imposes. Therefore, this first use of the law is that of a deterrent in the civil sphere, with the police and prisons to back up the threat. Theological Use Also called the pedagogical use, taken from Paul’s reference to the law
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