Pardon me: Presidential Power and the Perfect Justice of God

What Trump’s latest pardons remind us about power, justice and ultimate authority Last week, President Trump issued pardons for 70-plus individuals and allies in connection with the 2020 presidential election. The wave of presidential pardons has reopened an old American tension: how much power should any one person hold in a nation built on checks…

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The political problem we all share is that we don’t

The January 7, 2021 front page of USA Today, with the headline "Pro-Trump Mobs Storm US Capitol"

When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray He taught them the words now universally known as The Lord’s Prayer.  It begins, “Our Father.” Jesus could have taught us to address God more personally as one would expect Him to pray. One might have expected Jesus to teach us to pray, “My Father.” …

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