Tag: Justice
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Defeating the Powers
When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. Colossians 2:15 Paul describes how God has defeated and disarmed the spiritual powers of evil and darkness. In the previous verse he stated that God took what was against us and nailed it to…
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James On Justice
If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. James 2:15-17…
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Justice
Justice is about doing what is inherently right. Injustice is doing what is wrong. As the apostle John makes clear, God forgives sin because he is just. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 Forgiving is the right thing to do,…
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Beyond Justice
“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” Luke 12:13 Jesus is presented with what appears to be a case of injustice . . . and he refuses to take action for what is fair and equitable. Instead, he warns against measuring life in terms of possessions, or one’s share of the…
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Imagination in Transformation
Saint John Chrysostom: “Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs” (Homily on Lazarus). It seems to me that there are two distinct ways to hear these words of Chrysostom, as either a statement of…