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Preface 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
Why Should Christians Study Criminal Justice? 7
Do Absolute Values Exist? 13
Navigating an Ocean of Beliefs 21
Is God’s Testimony Valid? 35
The Flow of Moral Authority 47
The Rise of Situational Morality 57
Natural Laws of Cause and Effect 71
Evil Hypocrites or Chosen People? 79
Vengeance, Forgiveness, and Judging Others 85
Church Discipline 93
An Offensive Law 105
Reaping Faith or Unbelief 113
Deterrence 121
The Ordeal of Trial 131
Here Comes the Judge 137
Imprisonment 145
Corporal Punishment and Restitution 155
Capital Punishment 163
The Mosaic Code 177
Three Branches of Torah Law 181
Symbolic Law 187
Man’s Duty to Mankind 193
God, Mercy, Faith, and Love 207
Twenty Commandments 213
Every Facet of Everyday Life 219
From Deadly Force to Passive Resistance 227
Justinian Lawyers 241
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right 247
Do Right and Risk the Consequences 251
Two Trees and Two Paths 261
Reading Comprehension 279
The Great Divide 287
Christ’s Kingdom Principles 307
Not for the Body 317
Identity Theft 323
A Case of Mistaken Identity 329
A Guilt Trip 335
A New Nation 339
The Bride and The Body 345
The Commission 355
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