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Punishment, Barbarism, the god of This World, and the Gospel

Posted on 24 April, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Matters of justice are not a mere political battle. They are about the nature of God and about the Gospel. Continue reading →

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Less Than 100 Days

Posted on 20 April, 2012 by Jon Gleason

The legal system’s message to each parent? “Your child’s life is worth 99.6 days of prison.” And some people say it is Breivik who is insane….

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One of the Costs of Ignoring Sin Nature

Posted on 15 September, 2011 by Jon Gleason

The vast majority of individuals, no matter what their socio-economic background, do not have a rap sheet 50 items long. Even if most of a person’s crimes weren’t that “serious”, that kind of criminal record reveals a person’s total disregard for law and their fellow-man. The worst offenders are people who have chosen a life of evil, of theft, of violence, and no one is stopping them. There is nothing complicated about evil. It’s what people do if there is neither internal self-discipline nor external restraint to stop them. Continue reading →

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