DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Can States Constitutionally Discriminate Against Religious Schools? — Nation’s Highest Court Hears Oral Arguments over Big Separation of Church and State Case from Maine

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Carson v. Makin

PART 2
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The State of Maine Is OK with Funding Religious Schools — So Long as They Are Not Actually Religious

SLATE (MARK JOSEPH STERN)
The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

VOX (IAN MILLHISER)
The Supreme Court Appears Really Eager to Force Taxpayers to Fund Religious Education

PART 3
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Biden Appointee for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Withdraws from Confirmation Fight . . Over Questions About Communism?

NEW YORK TIMES (EMILY FLITTER)
President Biden’s Pick for a Key Banking Regulator Backs Out.

PART 4
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Identity Politics Never Gives Up: The Media’s Constant Focus on LGBTQ Identity, as in “First Openly Gay Commissioner of Customs and Border Control”

NEW YORK TIMES (EILEEN SULLIVAN)
Senate Confirms Chris Magnus to Lead Customs and Border Protection

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were given one rule to follow. Between their exile from Eden and the days of Moses, what law did they have to obey? Careful readings of Scripture reveal they had the same moral law of God that was codified in the 10 Commandments.
John Snyder and Steve Crampton spent some time on this reality last week. This week builds upon that reality by focusing on the fact that God rightfully commanded obedience to His moral law from all people at all times. This include us under the New Covenant.
This does not denigrate the freedom and liberty Jesus Christ purchased through His obedient life and death. Quite the opposite. By understanding Jesus’ relationship to the law, we know how to walk close with and have true intimacy with God. This understanding helps us see the moral law as indispensably beautiful and a treasure of indescribable glory.
The Grace of Law: A Study of Puritan Theology: https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Law-Puritan-Theology-Puritanism/dp/1877611638
The Law and the Gospel by Ernie Reisinger: https://press.founders.org/shop/the-law-and-the-gospel/
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