Discussion continues: legislating morality vs changing hearts
After the break the hosts continue the moral-responsibility discussion: whether believers should try to legislate morality or focus on one-on-one heart change. They argue legislating produces whitewashed appearances (citing 1950s moral culture and 'leave it to Beaver' cleanliness hiding real rot), that changing laws does not change hearts, and close on the posture of being 'the means people, not the ends people' who must let Jesus lead rather than enlisting Him to bless their causes.
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