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Memory and Callousness

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I am reading through Christopher Wright’s commentary on Deuteronomy, and came across this magnificent passage regarding the law on gleaning in Deuteronomy 24:17-22:

To harvest in such a way as to leave no gleanings would be to deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice. … The sense is therefore, “Do not pick the forgotten sheaf, the remaining olives and grapes, they belong to the alien, orphan and widow.” The remainder of the harvest is theirs; they have every right to do the final harvesting themselves. This means that the landless are not to be totally dependent on handouts from the landowners after every scrap of the crop has been harvested by them. Rather, they are to have the opportunity to work for their own benefit in the fields of God’s land. Those who do not, for various reasons, have a share in the ownership of the land are still to…

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Never Too Mature (via Summathetes)

Good words from a friend…

I think that I have thought wrongly, for much of my Christian journey, about Paul, the apostle. I have this kind of "super-spiritual" image of him. After all, he had that amazing ministry, planted churches all over the known world, healed multitudes, wrote the letters I read for encouragement in the faith. Clearly, Paul must have had it together, spiritually speaking. He must not have needed the crutches and helps, the assistance that the rest of … Read More

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