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With a lot of earthly wisdom and femme fatale, Esther achieved justice for the Jewish people, perhaps more effectively than had she sought to convert her Persian king/husband Ashasuerus to Judaism. The Bible teaches here that earthly wisdom and common sense are what we need in government! Sometimes too much spirituality is a barrier to getting things done in government. In the black church this message is sometimes taught, as some people are said "to be so holy as to be of no earthly use!"
Thomas Jefferson comments in this spirit: "I can never fear that things will go wrong where common sense has fair play." In the same spirit Martin Luther taught that rulers must be wise in the way of politics, while realizing that such earthly means can still serve God" (Luther's Works, Vol. 45, 119ff).
French scholar Blaise Pascal had it right, offering good advice for how we vote: Justice without power [the worldly wisdom it takes to exercise power] is not much use.
Thomas Jefferson comments in this spirit: "I can never fear that things will go wrong where common sense has fair play." In the same spirit Martin Luther taught that rulers must be wise in the way of politics, while realizing that such earthly means can still serve God" (Luther's Works, Vol. 45, 119ff).
French scholar Blaise Pascal had it right, offering good advice for how we vote: Justice without power [the worldly wisdom it takes to exercise power] is not much use.
