Search results for: "respect" (30)

Grapevine Faith

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In 2008, Faith High School played football against Gainesville State School, a juvenile detention center team with no...

Teaching the Old Testament: Ruth and Faithful Care

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This guide to teaching the Old Testament: Ruth and Faithful Care was prepared by Alistair Mackenzie, teaching...

A Preacher’s Perspective on Reading the Bible with Workplace Eyes by Haddon Robinson

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When the Sermon Goes to Work, by Haddon Robinson. Does selling insurance, running a laundromat, driving a cab, or...

Specific Behavioral Principles to Guide Moral Discernment (Romans 12:9–21)

Bible Commentary

Paul identifies specific guiding principles to help us serve as conduits overarching concern to let love be...

Bankruptcy, Debt Forgiveness and Loan Modification

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The created foundations of finance include our creation as social beings who take risk and do not know what the future...

Does the Bible Prohibit Charging Interest?

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Another question is whether financial prices—interest in particular—are prohibited by the Bible. For centuries...

Can a Market Exchange Really Be Love?

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The question of prices raised two questions about finance as a form of love. First, can love be expressed in a market...

Finance Can Be a Means of Justice and Love

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Finance makes certain activities of justice and love possible. We are using Wolterstorff’s conception of justice...

“Honor Your Father and Your Mother” (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16)

Bible Commentary

The fifth commandment says that we must respect the most basic authority among human beings, that of parents for...

The Challenge to Moses’ Authority (Numbers 12)

Bible Commentary

In Numbers 12, Moses’ brother and sister, Aaron and Miriam, try to launch a revolt against his authority. They...

Receiving God’s Blessing of Productivity Means Respecting Co-workers (Ruth 2:8-16)

Bible Commentary

Prevention of harassment means not only creating a safe environment, but a productive one for those at risk. The...

“You Shall Not Make Wrongful Use of the Name of the LORD Your God” (Exodus 20:7)

Bible Commentary

The third commandment literally prohibits God’s people from making “wrongful use” of the name of God. This need...