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The great problem in the church’s interpretation of Scripture has been its ecclesiastical orientation, as though God speaks only to the church, and commands only the church. The Bible is God’s Word for everyone in family life, church, state, school, business, arts, sciences, law, economics, politics, and all things else. If we turn loose the whole Word of God onto the church and the world, we...

his property; if we do not bear false witness, we do not dishonor his name; if we do not covet, we do not by word, thought, or deed seek to use lawless or ‘lawful’ means to wrong him unjustly. The laws of God tell us how to love God with all our heart, mind, and being, and also how to love our neighbor as ourselves. Older commentators sometimes spoke of the law as “a rule of gratitude,” i.e., towards God, and it is a rule of love and society towards other men. It should be noted that “owe no man
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