Tag: Zacchaeus
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The Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey: Jesus, the Oppressed, and the Oppressors
"Friend of Trinity Dr. Ken Bailey stops by and shares his work on the stories of Jesus in Jericho in Luke 18 and 19. Here, Jesus ministers to a blind man and the vertically challenged Zacchaeus. Dr. Bailey argues that these parables are meant to be read together, and the result is a Jesus whose…
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Remedial Justice
In addition to distributive justice and commutative justice, there is also the issue of remedial justice. Remedial justice addresses just compensation and punitive action when malicious or careless damage has been done to life, liberty, or property. One must be reasonably certain that the fruits of their labor will not be taken by capricious or…