Exodus 21:15
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has declared war on all authority. We have torn down all the fences, and now we wonder why the wolves are in the yard. The family is the first government, the first church, and the first school. It is the foundational building block of all civilization. If the family crumbles, the entire edifice of society will inevitably follow. And this is why, when God lays out the case laws for His covenant people in the book of Exodus, He addresses the issue of familial rebellion with a shocking and profound severity. We are not accustomed to thinking in these terms. We have been catechized by a soft, sentimental, and ultimately impotent form of Christianity that flinches at the hard edges of God's law. But these hard edges are what give the law its shape and its power to protect and preserve life.