The book contains several helpful features. It summons men to hear the law of God. Christians must confront the fact that God requires them to impose His law for the state upon all men, whether men like it or not. The universe is not a democracy, but a Kingdom. Communism aptly illustrates what the latter situation is like, and as the influence of the Gospel wanes in America, there is more and more an attempt to destroy Christianity and Christian laws.
Christian schools are under fire increasingly.
Sabbath laws are virtually gone. Crime is rampant and unchecked by the penalties required by Biblical law. This initial call to the law of God forms the basis for Jordan's subsequent commentary. Building upon the case laws of Exodus 21-23, Jordan offers numerous applications to contemporary society. An example of this process is found on pp.