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Front Page Article  
"The Lenses of Reformation
​Concerning Pretrial Fairness Act"

By Patti Amsden
Justice is the concept that people are rewarded or punished by virtue of their own specific actions, inputs, and contributions to a given situation. Justice is based upon four main pillars or four main axiomatic truths. These four are fairness and recompense for the victim; righteous judgment for the perpetrator, impartiality in dispensing justice, and fair and impartial judges. The first axiom concerns the victim. The victim of a crime has suffered loss at the hands of a trespasser. That loss may include physical injury, asset loss, property destruction, or any condition where someone is deprived or bereaved of something or someone by the non-authorized action of another. Scripturally, justice is served when the perpetrator restores to the victim that which was lost. The payment of the penalty serves to free the guilty and to compensate the victim. 
Reformation lens #1 – Terms of compensation as outlined in the case laws of scriptures seek to return the victim to a pre-crime status, minimize retaliation and vengeance from the victim to the criminal, and position both parties to live at peace. When restitution occurs, restoration is then possible. 

Justice pillar number two concerns the perpetrator. Scripture defines the penalties and punishments due to the trespasser. Biblical law does not allow the sentencing to be too great or too small but renders a fair “eye for eye” (Ex. 21:23-25) judgment. Greater and lesser punishments are doled out to match greater or lesser trespasses, respectively. Under God’s law and just civil law, the punishment must match, but not exceed, the damage or harm done by the trespasser. Biblical law considers the worth of the trespasser to be that of a person with the potential to be God’s image-bearer and seeks to restore the lawless one to a place of independent dignity as a contributing member of society. The person accused of a trespass must be treated justly and righteously at every level of the justice process. 
Reformation lens #2 – The person who is accused of trespass may only be convicted by the mouth of two or three witnesses (Ex. 17:6; 19:15; 2 Cor. 13:1) and only before the jurisdictional officer appointed to hear the witnesses and mete out the judgment. Prior to trial, no sentencing may occur, nor shall any terms of punishment or restoration be enacted. 

Justice pillar number three speaks to impartial judgment. Whereas justice is the concept that people are rewarded or punished by virtue of their own actions, equality deals with the concept of equal rights, responsibilities, opportunities, and applications of law common to everyone. The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Whereas not all people are rewarded equally because just reward is based upon choices and acts, all people are deserving of equal rights to administrate their own property, deserving of equal scale of justice in measuring out rewards or punishments, and deserving of equal protection under the law regardless of race, nationality, ethnicity, social ranking or economic status (Deut. 16:19).
Reformation lens #3 – Every criminal holds a standing of equality before the courts and is, therefore, due the same operation of a fair and impartial hearing and the benefit of actions that are blind to the gender, race, or status of the person under indictment. Whereas justice is reward based and not all guilty receive equal reward; justice deals with everyone receiving the same process to determine guilt or innocence. 

Justice pillar number four concerns the nature of the judges. Moses set men in Israel to function as judges and to mediate disputes where trespasses were alleged. God, through Moses, set the qualifications of judges. “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you” (Deut. 16:18-20). 
Reformation lens #4 – God empowers men as His appointed agents to guard and enforce justice by requiring the trespasser to make restitution and by measuring out justice in a fair and unbiased manner. If God’s judges do not execute justice in His name, God will execute justice in His own name upon both the trespasser and the judges. 

As Reformers, we must consider the concept of justice based on the four principles presented in these lenses. When any of these pillars are missing or replaced by unbiblical ideologies, justice is compromised. When discussing pretrial bail and the Pretrial Fairness Act, we must consider if all those arrested are receiving equality in the process in order that due reward and justice might be dispensed.


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​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning ESG
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            July, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Biblical Use of Power
            June, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Primary Elections
            June, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Amendment 1 and Civil Overreach into Other God-ordained Jurisdictions 
            May, 2022
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Amendment 1  
            May, 2022
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    November, 2021
​The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Parental Notification in  Abortion
               October, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Myth of Neutrality in Education 
               October, 2021
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                   July, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Sex Education in Public Schools, Part II
                   July, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Sex Education in Public Schools
                   July, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Thrones of Iniquity
                   May, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Police Reform Laws
             February, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR)
               January, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Redistricting
               January, 2021
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Mayflower Compact
            November, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Right to Vote
            October, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Graduated Tax Amendment​   
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              September, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Awakening
            July, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Illinois Monuments
            July, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Illinois Governors and Corruption
            June, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Illinois Governors and State Racial Equality
            June, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Civil Realm and Overstepping Authority 
            May, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Righteous Civil Actions and the Pandemic
            May, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Curse and a Plague
            April, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Covenant
            March, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Societal Corruption
            March, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Corruption in Illinois Civil Servants 
            February, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Morality of Recreational Marijuana 
            February, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Legalizing Marijuana 
            January, 2020
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Ekklesia and Apostolic Alliances 
            December, 2019
The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Abortion and Gate-keepers
            November, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Restoring Ancient Pathways
            October, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Kingdom Management by the Ekklesia
          September, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Building Local Ekklesia Alliances
                August, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Covenantal Stewardship over the Earth
                  July, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Government Involvement in Farm Subsidies
                   July,  2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Progressive Income Taxes
                   June,  2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning Income Taxes
                   June,  2019
The Lenses of 
Reformation Concerning Mercy and Natural Disasters

                   May,  2019
The Lenses of 
Reformation Concerning State Treasurer and Comptroller  

                   May,  2019
The Lenses of 
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                 April, 2019
 The Lenses of Reformation Concerning the Role of Courts and Civil Justice
                 March, 2019
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       November 30, 2017
Illinois:  The Apostolic State
       November 28, 2017
Biblical View on Minimum Wage, Part 3
     September 28, 2017
Biblical View on Minimum Wage, Part 2
     September 14, 2017
Biblical View on Minimum Wage
          August  31, 2017
Biblical Case for Civil Taxation, Part 3
           August 3, 2017
Biblical Case for Civil Taxation, Part 2
            August 3, 2017


Biblical Case for Civil Taxation, Part 1
               July 13, 2017

Business:  Plunder and Free Will Contracts
               May 25, 2017

Business:  The Engine of Dominion
               May 25, 2017

Man's Inheritance of the Earth 
            May 11, 2017

Building the City of God 
            April  2, 2017


Judgment on the Fallen Kosmos 
            March 2, 2017

Discipling the Nations: The Fallen Kosmos
        February 2, 2017


A New Administration Takes Office:  Who Must Keep the Law?
          January  19 2017

Welcoming 2017:  A Year of God's Provision
        January  5, 2017

Discipling the Nations: God's Earth under Man's Stewardship
        December 8, 2016

Discipling the Nations: Teaching all Nations
        November 17, 2016

Ekklesia:  Revelation of the Rock Mountain             August 25, 2016
Ekklesia:  Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church 
            August 11, 2016
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Ekklesia; The Background of Caesarea Philippi 
              July 28, 2016.
Ekklesia; Moses #1 and Moses #2 
              July 14, 2016
Ekklesia; The Nature of the Christ's Courts, #3 
              June 23, 2016
Ekklesia; The Nature of the Christ's Courts, #2 
              June 23, 2016
Ekklesia: The Nature of the Christ's Courts, #1 
              June 2, 2016.
Ekklesia: The Nature of the Lowest Courts, #2 
              May 19, 2016

Ekklesia: The Nature of the Lowest Courts, #1 
              May 5, 2016
Ekklesia:  The Authority of Biblical Courts 
             
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Ekklesia:  Judicial  Activity
             
April 14, 2016
Ekklesia:  Maturity through Responsibility  
             
April 7, 2016
Ekklesia:  Shared Yoke  
           
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Ekklesia:  Shared Power  
           
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Ekklesia: The Power of Unity       
           
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Subordination  
      
           
March 03, 2016.

Ekklesia: Earned Authority       
        
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Ekklesia: The Nature of Ekklesia Authority       
        
February11, 2016

Ekklesia: Called-Out and Set-In Authority       
        
February 4, 2016.

Ekklesia: Greek City-States
       January 28, 2016

The Church: An Ekklesia not a Synagogue
       January 21, 2016

Ekklesia:  The Governmental Function of the Church
       January 14, 2016

Ekklesia:  The Quest for Truth
       January 7, 2016
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      November 17, 2015
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      November 12, 2015
A Resurrected Ekklesia:
        November 5, 2015
Ekklesia:  Lift Up Your Heads, O You Gates 
        October 22, 2015

Ekklesia:  Opening the  Gates of Death 
        October 8, 2015

Ekklesia:  The Gates of Hell shall Not Prevail 
        October 1, 2015

The Ekklesia Built by Christ 
     September 24, 2015
Dismantling the Older Covenant Order 
     September 17, 2015
Blessed are the Meek and Inheriting the Earth 
       September 9 ,2015
Covenantal Faithfulness and Stewarding the Earth 
           August 27 ,2015
Covenantal Sanctions 
           August 20 ,2015
The Ratified Covenant 
           August 13 ,2015
God's Everlasting Covenant  
              August 6,2015
The Nature of Covenant  
                 July 30,2015
Leviathan and The Transfer of Wealth 
                 July 23,2015
Leviathan and Mammon 
                 July 16,2015
Leviathan, Cheating in the Trade 
                 July 9,2015
Leviathan and Power Economics
                 July 2,2015
Leviathan, A Demonic Principality
              June 18, 2015
Leviathan, Controlling the Commerce of a Nation
              June 25, 2015
Leviathan, King of Pride
               June 11, 2015
Escapist Religion
                 June 4, 2015
Dual Citizenship
                May 28, 2015
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