Daniel’s plea to Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream about a tree and how it’s fulfilled a year later: Daniel 4 After delivering the bad news, Daniel pleaded …
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Psalms: God raises the poor from the dust
More psalms: Psalm 111–114 Many of the psalms have no author attributed to them, so we have a large group of …
The seventh-year economic reset
The cost of idolatry, giving tithes and other rules: Deuteronomy 13–16:17 It’s hard to imagine a whole society with a culture …
Social responsibility for farmers and business everywhere
Sabbaths: Leviticus 23–25 Right in the middle of a list of Sabbaths and feasts and festivals and fasts, there’s an …
Fasting and feasting: justice not food
Zechariah’s vision of four chariots. Work on the Temple is finished after Darius confirms it should continue. Then a call …
Social justice and holiness
Rules, rights and regulations: Deuteronomy 21–25 It is now fashionable to talk about social justice, but rarely is it acceptable …
Tithes and the poor
The cost of idolatry, giving tithes and other rules: Deuteronomy 13–16:17 Does God really want the poor to stay poor …
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