In The Christian Theory of Law: An Introduction (here starting on page 4) Eric Enlow practices what he preaches.
While a good introduction catches our attention, gives us reason to trust the speaker, and hints at the argument to come ... it is not the argument. Confusing the bud with the flower, the child with the adult, the law with righteousness, or even justice with blessedness has proved a recurrent human error. Enlow's painstaking and painful introduction makes the point: good is not the Good and the Good is not God. What comes thereafter--the argument--orients us to and then from the Law to its Crown and Glory.
But read it for yourself. You'll see.
While a good introduction catches our attention, gives us reason to trust the speaker, and hints at the argument to come ... it is not the argument. Confusing the bud with the flower, the child with the adult, the law with righteousness, or even justice with blessedness has proved a recurrent human error. Enlow's painstaking and painful introduction makes the point: good is not the Good and the Good is not God. What comes thereafter--the argument--orients us to and then from the Law to its Crown and Glory.
But read it for yourself. You'll see.
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