Exodus 21:26–27
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has a severe case of the vapors. Our generation reads a passage like this one and immediately reaches for the fainting couch. This is a mind that prides itself on its compassion, while presiding over a holocaust of the unborn. It strains at the gnat of Old Testament servitude and swallows the camel of industrial-scale abortion. This is not a consistent ethic; it is a pathetic and self-congratulatory hypocrisy. When we come to the case law of Moses, we must leave our modern dictionary at the door. We must refuse to allow our enemies to define the terms of the debate. The Bible is not embarrassed by its own teaching, and we must not be either. God is not wringing His hands in heaven, hoping we can come up with a clever apologetic to explain away His difficult words.