Blessings of Liberty

Jesus’s Legal Theory: Jesus Christ Super ... Textualist?

Three legal discourses in the Gospels showcase Jesus's textualist method, his skepticism of unwritten rules, and his insistence on the Law's explicit…

Jun 22 • Ian Speir

Jesus's Legal Theory: Textualism vs. Purposivism

The Gospels portray Jesus as hyper-focused on legal text, skeptical of oral tradition, and inclined toward strictness.

Jun 16 • Ian Speir

Jesus’s Legal Theory: Morally Fulsome Lawkeeping

In Matthew 5, Jesus teaches that moral transformation is possible only if all of the Law is kept—outward actions and inward intentions.

Jun 1 • Ian Speir

May 2026

Jesus's Legal Theory: 7 Misconceptions About the Law

Earning salvation, impossible burdens, sinful impurities, and other legal myths

May 28 • Ian Speir

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Jesus's Legal Theory: An Introduction

Jesus taught that all of the Law had a moral dimension and all of it must be kept.

May 28 • Ian Speir

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The Paradox of Religious Liberty

Preserving religious freedom requires nurturing the religious roots of our republic.

May 20 • Ian Speir

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October 2025

Federalist Poems 1-10

Defending the Constitution in verse

Oct 13, 2025 • Ian Speir

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Christian legal theory, part 3: Bearing witness through law

If there's a lesson from Matthew 5, it's that we need more law, not less.

Oct 8, 2025 • Ian Speir

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Christian legal theory, Part 2: Justice for the poor

This is Part 2 of a three-part series on Christian legal theory, originally published in 2016 and being reprinted here with explanatory footnotes for…

Oct 7, 2025 • Ian Speir

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Christian legal theory, Part 1: Law, Gospel, and foolishness

Author’s Note: Several years ago, on a different personal site, I published a series of three essays on “Christian Legal Theory.” The essays interact…

Oct 7, 2025 • Ian Speir

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Faith and Freedom in a Technological Age

Technological innovation and First Amendment freedoms can go hand in hand.

Oct 1, 2025 • Ian Speir

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September 2025

Freedom to Be Bound: The Paradox of Religious Liberty

Three lessons from Exodus 5—history’s first recorded demands for religious liberty.

Sep 18, 2025 • Ian Speir

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