Tag: jubilee
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Toward an Evangelcial Public Policy: Chapter 8
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part II – Toward an Evangelical Methodology Chapter 8 – Justice, Human Rights, and Government: Toward an Evangelical Perspective. By Ronald J. Sider, professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary; director of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy; and president of Evangelicals for…
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God’s Politics: Why Jim Wallis Doesn’t Get it Either
Jim Wallis published a book called God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It earlier this year. I loved the title. I bought it back in February but only got around to reading it a few weeks ago. I have followed the workings of Jim Wallis and Sojourners from…
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The Economic Catalyst
For the past few days, I have written about economic justice as we find it in the Bible (Distributive, Commutative, and Remedial.) As we look at the world at Israel's birth, we see cultures full of economic oppression. Slavery was widespread. Poor people were of little consequence. Court justice was skewed toward those with power.…
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Jubilee and Debt Cancellation
Ask most people about "Jubilee," and they will say they have never heard of it. If they have heard of it, it is often because of the Jubilee 2000 organization, now known as Jubilee Research. This organization has lobbied for debt cancellation for the poorest of the lesser developed countries (LDCs). They have had the…
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Jubilee Ethic
Jubilee sounds like an idea with great potential. However, as Yogi Berra once observed, “To say a player has potential means he hasn’t done it yet.” (Of course, he also said, “I didn’t really say a lot of the things I said.”) There is no evidence that Israel ever observed the Jubilee. In fact, they…
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Jubilee (Part 3)
Leviticus 25:35-46 NRSV 35 If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them; they shall live with you as though resident aliens. 36 Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you. 37 You…
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To Give or Forgive
I came across this article in The Economist from about six weeks ago. It articulates well some of my concerns about the debt cancellation movement. To Give or Forgive An article written about six years ago in Forbes also made some good points, but the tone is a little more strident. Debtor's Jubilee
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Jubilee (Part 2)
Leviticus 25:13-17 NRSV 13 In this year of jubilee you shall return, every one of you, to your property. 14 When you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not cheat one another. 15 When you buy from your neighbor, you shall pay only for the number of years…
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Jubilee (Part 1)
The nation of Israel was formally established at Sinai by God, with God as king. At that time, God instructed the people as to righteous behavior. The books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy contain many laws addressing how the people were to relate to God and how the people were to relate to each…
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As We Forgive Our Debtors
Yours truly has been quoted in the Christian Science Monitor in an article called "As we forgive our debtors." Reporter Jeff McDonald did an hour-long phone interview with me about a week ago. I always hold my breath because you never know what will end up in print. I like the article; he accurately reported…