Mar 21 2013
The King of Justice & Peace
“Cut the baby in two and give half to each woman!” Do you remember the story? Two prostitutes presented their cases to King Solomon. They lived together and both had babies. But a baby died in the night. One woman claimed she awoke to find the dead baby next to her but it wasn’t hers. She said the other woman had taken her baby and replaced it with the dead one. But the other woman said this was a lie, that the living baby was hers. After listening to both King Solomon asked for a sword. He told his men to cut the living baby in two and to give half to each woman. The false mother was comfortable, but the real mother said, “Please my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” So, the real mother was revealed and King Solomon gave her the child (1 Kings 3: 16-28).
Here is a 2013 parallel: Two Kenyan presidential candidates appeared before God. More
Jan 31 2015
The Source of Justice
Psalm 72: 1-4, 12-15 Solomon prays for justice
Moral obligation is a vital facet of any healthy community. But how do you obligate a community that does not believe in God? What basis is there for good morals? Who decides what is right and wrong, and why should anyone agree with them? Any government can enforce laws with guns and jail sentences, but ultimately we need what is right and wrong to be written on a person’s heart. And it has to be equally on every heart. More