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The biblical necessity of free speech March 10th 2021. Introduction. So I want to ask

you to work with me here on a thorny theological problem. A problem caused by a number of

factors. Those factors, including the continuing validity of God's holy law, the totalitarian

impulses of our current rulers, the nature of the difference between the old and new

covenants, the inescapable nature of theocracy, and the fact that there is no absolute right

to free speech in any society. And the problem is this within the framework and limits

I just described I want to argue for the biblical necessity of a genuine right to free speech.

For more on this, please stay tuned. But notice the beginning that I do not believe

that an abstract principle called quote unquote free speech is in any way our savior.

We have no savior but Jesus. But when Jesus saves us, one of the things he saves us from

is our own misguided efforts to stifle the free expressions of others. We do not hang

on to free speech so that we might talk about Jesus. We hang on to Jesus so that we might

talk with each other. We do not adopt freedom of speech so that we might fumble our

way into the truth. No, we are given the truth by the grace of God and part of that truth

includes how we are to treat those who have not embraced it yet. A cabal of snolly

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