My esteemed Friend Dr. Michael Abrahams in his column elsewhere in the press (Gleaner, September 7, 2015) contends that God in the Old Testament is not merciful. I am countering with some philosophical and legal pointers. If being merciful is not meting out the [just] punishment deserved by a guilty offender then a plea for or…
Tag: justice
The Reformation: Built on a Blunder?
Historians especially and specialists in New Testament Greek should note that this is merely a question a ’wondering out loud’ despite the statements that follow. Almost everyone will say that the enduring maxim arising from Martin Luther’s reformation is sola scriptura sola fides (scripture alone, faith alone) because as Romans 1:17b says “…the just shall…