theonomy
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INTRODUCTION: Bogeymen are scary to both children and adults. As a child I remember being afraid of the dark. A common enough fear among kids, I think. Sometimes when I leave my home office after the sun has long since disappeared beneath the horizon the temptation to fear what cannot be seen lingers at the…
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“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death” (Exod 21.16; ESV).1 This law is against kidnapping and it prohibits chattel slavery. The law states that the penalty for such activity is death. “Shall be…” is the equivalent of “certainly.” That is to say, “That…


