Nehemias Jimenez

Once we understand the difference between types of justice and how God commands His Kingdom to operate in a restorative manner, we see there are great implications for the Body of Christ as well. I would like to speak about how we accept the rule of the kingdom, especially since

In speaking about rights, we immediately stumble into conversations about justice and injustice. We have no choice but to inspect institutions and structures of implementation and the great conceptions of justice that guide it all. In some ways, I've been writing backwards because I started with individual rights

The social contract brings together two important concepts. Personal rights and community. Without the social contract, we all are individuals with God given personal rights, but we can never become a people group. What allows us to be brought together is called justice! The Bible says that the Kingdom of

How many times have we heard someone shout "that's against my rights" or " Hey, I know my rights." The political climate we live in talks a lot about who has a right and how these rights come up from either their humanity or legislation.

The movement of human rights is a slippery slope to embark on. The idea of human rights is based on the concept that all people have universal rights no matter where they live or who they are. This itself is not opposed to a Christian understanding of mankind. But what

Social contract theory is one of the most important political philosophies in history. It asks about how legitimate and authorized political activity comes to be. Two of the most popular philosophers on the subject are Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. At the center of this philosophy is the concept of