Search results for: "justice-economic" (13)

Productive Opportunities for the Poor - Gleaning (Exodus 22:21-27 & 23:10-11)

Bible Commentary

God’s intent to provide opportunities for the poor is seen in the regulations benefiting aliens, widows, and orphans...

God’s Justice Includes Work and Economic Justice (Amos 8:1-6, Micah 6:1-16)

Bible Commentary

Justice in work is not only an individual matter. People have a responsibility to make sure that everyone in society has...

Individual & Societal Responsibility for Unjust Work (Micah 1:1-7; 3:1-2; 5:10-15)

Bible Commentary

A Compelling Discussion on God's View of Work (Click to Listen) Despite God’s intentions,...

A Just Community Is a Witness to the World (Acts 2:47; 6:7)

Bible Commentary

When resources are properly deployed in the life of the Christian community—as they are after the selection of the...

Serving the Word and Serving Tables are Equally Valuable (Acts 6:2-4)

Bible Commentary

The work of administering justice is just as important as the work of preaching the word.

Epilogue — Job’s Prosperity Restored (Job 42:7-17)

Bible Commentary

The final section of Job contains a storybook ending in which many of Job’s fortunes are restored. Many, but not all....

Everyone Gets Their Fair Share (1 Corinthians 9:7–10)

Bible Commentary

In chapter 9, Paul explains why he initially chose not to accept direct financial support from the Corinthian church...

A Tale of Many Blind Spots: A Case Study on Ethical Decision Making

Book

Larry was a financial advisor. He had worked in the industry for ten years and had completed a professional...

Philemon: The Background

Article

 Onesimus has incurred a social and economic debt Paul is going to address in ways that are distinct from the way...

Martin Luther King Jr’s Vision of Work: January 10 Newsletter

Newsletter

If you are a street sweeper, sweep the streets so well that all the host of heaven will pause to say that here lived a...

Beyond the Issue of Money

Daily Reflection

"Remember, we don't need to tip more than ten percent," I whispered to my husband. "That's the going rate."

Civil Rights Debt-Busting

Blog

In his last sermon, delivered at a Memphis church the night before he died, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told his...