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The Christian Optimist
Pastor Raef Chenery tackles the real world issues and questions you face every day head on from an eschatologically optimistic perspective. Rooted in the Word of God, we’ll look at worldview, apologetics, politics, news, theology, evangelism encounters, and so much more. The aim is to allow God’s Word to inform and guide you through each and every moment.
The Christian Optimist
Should the Gov Punish or Reform Criminals?
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Raef Chenery
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Episode 122
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In this episode Pastor Raef considers the historic Biblical perspective on the government's responsibility when it comes to crime and punishment which aim to punish criminals, and compares it to modern progressive visions of criminology which seek to pity the criminal and punish the society that created the criminal. The conversation is largely rooted in Herman Bavinck's work in his Reformed Dogmatics in which he directly tackles this question. For a treatment on this chapter from Bavinck see: https://raefchenery.com/2024/08/06/should-retribution-or-reformation-be-at-the-center-of-our-criminal-justice-system/