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A Call to Thanksgiving – The Law of God and Public Policy: On Immigrants and Immigration (2)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 0:01

A Call to Thanksgiving The Law of God and Public Policy: On Immigrants and Immigration (2) What can immigration pressures tell us about our nation? “For the LORD your God is a God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and ...

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The Attraction of Justice – The Law of God and Public Policy: On Immigrants and Immigration (1)

Monday, November 21, 2011 0:01

The Attraction of Justice The Law of God and Public Policy: On Immigrants and Immigration (1) A just society will attract those trapped in injustice. “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will ...

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Escaping Poverty – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (7)

Sunday, November 20, 2011 0:01

Escaping Poverty The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (7) A just society encourages the poor to rise above their circumstances. “Hear therefore, O Israel, and do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your ...

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Tithes and Loans – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (6)

Saturday, November 19, 2011 0:01

Tithes and Loans The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (6) Neighbors must be prepared to provide monetary relief to the poor. “At the end of every three years you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in the same year and lay it up within ...

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The Dignity of Work – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (5)

Friday, November 18, 2011 0:01

The Dignity of Work The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (5) The poor are expected to work for their sustenance. “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings ...

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A Local Concern – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (4)

Thursday, November 17, 2011 0:01

A Local Concern The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (4) Caring for the poor is a local responsibility. “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden ...

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No Preferential Treatment – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (3)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 0:01

No Preferential Treatment The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (3) The Law of God does not promote preferential treatment of the poor. “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge ...

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Who Are the Poor? – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (2)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 0:01

Who Are the Poor? The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (2) People fall into poverty for various reasons, not all of them just. “You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow’s garment in pledge.…” Deuteronomy 24:17 There will ...

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With Us Always – The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (1)

Monday, November 14, 2011 0:01

With Us Always The Law of God and Public Policy: Responsibility for the Poor (1) A just society takes responsibility for its own poor. “For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to ...

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Taxation – The Law of God and Public Policy: The Economy (14)

Sunday, November 13, 2011 0:01

Taxation The Law of God and Public Policy: The Economy (14) We must pay the taxes which are due, but we must work for just taxation. “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s; it is holy to ...

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