Raising the minimum wage would help some people. It would help the people who can get minimum wage jobs and who otherwise would have earned less income. However,...
In my last post exploring “who are the poor?”, I discussed biblical definitions of the poor and the rich. Let’s take this analysis further. What responsibilities does the...
What if someone prefers a temporary productive loan as a means to work their way out of poverty—a loan that affirms their dignity while serving the common good...
Over the past few years there has been much discussion about reducing poverty and increasing income mobility (also referred to as economic or social mobility) in the United...
One component of Old Testament (OT) economic social justice was providing interest-free loans for the Israelite working poor. But does the Old Testament (OT) require only interest-free loans?...
In our recent discussion of the Old Testament (OT) teaching on lending, we’ve explored some of the key questions as well as the three main OT passages that...
For most of the history of the church, church leaders understood that the Old Testament taught a complete ban on any interest on loans. But what about loans...
In the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about the biblical practice of Jubilee in Leviticus 25 and specifically addressing incorrect assumptions about its meaning and application. Today,...
In recent posts, I’ve been exploring assumptions made about the biblical practice of Jubilee, such as: Jubilee requires the forgiveness of debt Jubilee mandates the redistribution of wealth...
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