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1. If you haven't distinguished divine and human justice, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./1
1. If you haven't distinguished divine and human justice, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./1
2. If you haven't distinguished different covenants and their different stipulations for justice, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice. (And yes, there are more than two biblical covenants)./2
3. If you haven't distinguished just actions, from a virtue (or virtues) of justice, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./3
4. If you haven't discussed how demands of justice track human roles (e.g., Kings do this; parents do this; preachers do this), you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./4
5. If you haven't discussed divine commands, natural law and how both relate to one other AND virtues, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./5
6. If you haven't treated "the tongue," you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./6
7. If you haven't treated oppression--highlighting its many forms--you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./7
8. If you haven't treated excommunication, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./8
9. If you haven't treated how justice AND mercy collaborate--in divine and human cases--you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./9
10. If you haven't treated Christ receiving all authority, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./10
11. If you haven't discussed the need to have special concern for the marginalized, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./11
12. If you haven't discussed how persons of the Trinity "work" to make the redeemed just, you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./12
13. If you haven't discussed how those outside the covenant community can act justly--sometimes even more justly than those within that community--you haven't offered a biblically adequate account of justice./13
There's more to say, but I must stop (work to do).
Perhaps "adequate" isn't the right word. Perhaps I should've said "comprehensive."
Yeah: Comprehensive seems more appropriate.
Anyway, I hope this list helps its readers grow in justice.
Saludos.
Perhaps "adequate" isn't the right word. Perhaps I should've said "comprehensive."
Yeah: Comprehensive seems more appropriate.
Anyway, I hope this list helps its readers grow in justice.
Saludos.
Okay--I've changed my mind.
In some cases "adequate" is more appropriate than "comprehensive"; in others, the opposite is true.
Three cheers for complexity!
In some cases "adequate" is more appropriate than "comprehensive"; in others, the opposite is true.
Three cheers for complexity!
