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I find The Christian Statesman to be both informative and edifying. Grace and peace to you all. Deo Vindice!

Greg Barnes
Springfield, MO

Although I disagree with some of the stands that are taken, I enjoy and appreciate The Christian Statesman.

Al Cronkite
Ocala, FL

I want my name removed from your mailing list! It grates against His very Spirit in me when I receive your periodical. It all sounds Lawish to me. He never put me in charge of laying how I "choose" to believe on anyone else....

A. B.
Meadville, PA

Editor Replies: If The Christian Statesman appears "lawish" to you, it is because we happen to believe that God's law sets the standard for socio-political ethics, and are not ashamed to teach its precepts to magistrates and citizens alike. Law is an inescapable concept in civil government. It is never an issue of law vs. no law, but always a question of "Whose law?" If you reject God's law, what standard do you advocate for socio-political ethics?

One concern I have is that some of your writers lean towards a libertarian view of national government, whereas the case laws that God provided when he set up civil government were very intrusive: how to harvest your grain; what kind of cloth to use in your clothing; what to eat; behavior in the bedroom.

T. R. Hutcheson
Topeka, KS

Editor Replies: Former NRA president and current board member Andrew Sandlin has advocated a position in these pages that is similar to libertarianism in some of its results, but one that rests on an entirely different foundation--the absolute authority of God's law. He has called his position "Christian Libertarianism." It is Christian because it advocates the crown rights of Jesus Christ, and it is libertarian in that it believes that God's law greatly limits the sphere of the magistrate's authority, and grants maximum liberty to individuals, families, and churches.

In regard to the case laws, not all of them relate to civil government. Only those that have a civil penalty attached are civil laws. All the examples that you give relate, I believe, to personal and societal ethics and do not empower the magistrate to enforce any of these matters.

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