Good morning, friends. I am Pastor Calvin Lindstrom with Christian Liberty Academy School System. Welcome to There's No Place Like Home. In 1973, R.J. Rushtuni published the first volume of his studies on the Ten Commandments entitled The Institutes of Biblical Law. Christianity Today called this work the most important book of 1973. In the introduction, Rush Dooney provides a very helpful overview on the religious nature of law. Understanding five basic points can help you understand many of the changes that we see taking place in our nation. Here are the five points on the nature of law that he shares. First, law is in every culture religious in origin. Law is inescapably religious because it deals with the ultimate concerns of a society, life and death, right and wrong. Second, the source of law is the god of that society. Law can have different sources. Man's reason can be the god of a society. Hitler and Stalin, in many ways, became the gods of their nations during the periods of their cruel rules. Mao Zedong claimed, our god is none other than the masses of the Chinese people. Of course, this did not keep him for being responsible for the untold death of countless millions in his own nation. When laws change, what is taking place is a change in religion. This is the third point. I'm not talking about relatively minor changes in law like speed limits or fines. I am talking about significant legal changes that the Supreme Court has introduced in our nation, or in some cases, laws passed by Congress and signed by the president. in our own nation. We see this especially as we look back a generation or two. Our laws have changed, and this also signals that the religion of our nation has changed. Fourth, you can't get rid of religion entirely in any society. One religion can be replaced by another religion. A society can claim to have no religion, but that just means it has substituted something else in its place. Since the foundations of law are inescapably religious, no society exists without a religious foundation or without a law system which codifies the morality of its religion. Fifth, there can be no tolerance in a law system for another religion. One religion in the end will dominate and will seek to force out other religions. Tolerance is a device used to help bring about a new law system. Now next week I will speak more about these five points, but let me repeat them. They are very important. First, law is in every culture religious. Second, the source of law is the God of that society. Third, when laws change, what is taking place is a change in religion. Fourth, you can't get rid of religion in any society. Fifth, there can be no tolerance in a law system for another religion. Learn these important points. Share them with your children. For Christian Liberty Academy School System, I am Pastor Calvin Lindstrom. May God bless.