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It has become a standard argument from those who believe in the absolute sovereignty of God to speak of two wills of God – the revealed, normative word, and the inscrutable, positive, decree. Luther draws the distinction between God preached, and God not preached – that is, between the Word and the Substance of God. . . .
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Most modern political philosophy is built upon the first principle of human rights. Of course, even from this starting point, political philosophies diverge wildly on what they consider among those rights. Clearly one cannot have an enforceable right to everything. In principle, there must be a way to distinguish useful and beneficial rights from unnecessary or even harmful ones…
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What we mean by “law” is a question germane both to religious and political philosophy. In some sense, it just seems to mean “necessity”. This seems to be the usage in Romans 7:23, where Paul talks about “another law” in his members waging war against the law of the Lord in his inner being: his [...]