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Human approaches to justice are often convoluted, but what about God’s approach? – 2 Samuel 8, 10, 21, Preview

I am an adjunct professor, and in class recently I did something that the students were not prepared for.  I raised my hand. Let me explain.  I am teaching the Gospels, and one of the projects the students do is a group presentation on a section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.  Each week aContinue reading “Human approaches to justice are often convoluted, but what about God’s approach? – 2 Samuel 8, 10, 21, Preview”

Was David’s use of the death penalty just? – 1st Samuel 31—2nd Samuel 2:7, Part 2

Over the past year a friend of mine has been incarcerated. He has many more years to go in his sentence. During my weekly visits, we’ve talked a lot about the question, “What is justice?” How do participants in the criminal justice system know if the punishment fits the crime? In today’s post, as weContinue reading “Was David’s use of the death penalty just? – 1st Samuel 31—2nd Samuel 2:7, Part 2”