Good for All Interpreting the Law of God (70) Imagine a society in which oppression and robbery were not forbidden. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion ...
A Warning against Riches Interpreting the Law of God (69) God’s Law is able to guard our hearts against sin. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion ...
Still Valid Interpreting the Law of God (68) The statutes of God’s Law contain principles that are still valid today. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion ...
Economics and Spiritual Life Interpreting the Law of God (67) All of life is spiritual, according to the Law of God. “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.” Leviticus 19:13 This statute teaches one more ...
Both Ways Interpreting the Law of God (66) The Laws and statutes of God are a sword with two edges. “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.” Leviticus 19:13 The Law of God is frequently scorned—even ...
Contracts Interpreting the Law of God (65) The Law of God encourages contracts, freely and honestly engaged. “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.” Leviticus 19:13 We want to be careful, when studying the Law of ...
The Integrity of God’s Law Interpreting the Law of God (64) God’s Law is a whole cloth of justice, liberty, and love. “You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.” Leviticus 19:13 It’s clear we should group ...
The Perfect Law of Liberty Interpreting the Law of God (63) Paul shows us how to gain the perfect liberty available in the Law of God. I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, but ...
Paul Against the Law? Interpreting the Law of God (62) How could Paul, contrary to God’s Law, send a slave back to his master? I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you ...
The Law Against Itself? Interpreting the Law of God (61) Even the Law of God understood that slavery was not to be the norm. “You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. He shall dwell in your midst, in the place that he ...