Distributive Justice The Rule of Law: Justice (7) We are our brothers’ keepers. “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave behind the ...
Retributive Justice The Rule of Law: Justice (6) Deliberate acts of injustice require retribution. “If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.” Exodus 22:7 Of course, there will always be people who care but ...
Restorative Justice The Rule of Law: Justice (5) When we have caused injustice, we must set it right. “When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall ...
Freedom Depends On Moral Foundations . RADIO MESSAGE—The Rev. Dr. Joe Renfro, Christ Over All, WNEG-AM630 Proverbs 1:1-8 Sunday- July 3, 2011—12:30 p.m. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 . The youth of today are the adults of tomorrow. The followers of today are the leaders of tomorrow. The Apostle Paul wrote to ...
Who Shall Be Worshiped? July 31, 2011 Lesson: Judges 10:6-16 Key Verse: Judges 10:16 Introduction Again and again Israel turned to the idols for worship rather than keeping their faith in the Lord of Israel. Again and again the Lord raised up judges to bring deliverance to His people: “there arose to defend Israel Tola ...
God is our Refuge July 24, 2011 Lesson: Judges 7:1-25 Key Verses: Judges 7:7, 15 Introduction “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. …Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in all the earth. The Lord of hosts ...
The Deliverer July 17, 2011 Lesson: Judges 3:12-30 Key Verse: Judges 3:15 Introduction Again the children of Israel “did evil in the sight of the Lord.” Again the Lord in His longsuffering and mercy raises up a judge who would be a deliverer in the His hand. The judge was Ehud of the tribe of ...
Help Is on the Way July 10, 2011 Lesson: Judges 2:11-20 Key Verse: Judges 2:17 Introduction Psalm 96 impels us to sing a new song: “Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people” (96:1-2). All of the ...
The Anger of the Lord July 3, 2011 Lesson: Joshua 7:1-13 Key Verse: Joshua 7:1 . Introduction What does it mean for God to be angry? “Anger” (Aph) refers to the face, specifically to the nostril, revealing the disposition of a person (i.e. toward another) by his intense breathing (the long-suffering of the Lord ...
Preventive Justice The Rule of Law: Justice (4) Preventive justice acts to hold injustice at bay. “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.” Exodus 23:1 Living justly requires a kind of prescience on the part of God’s people. ...