Public policy and faith are often difficult to relate. This essay wants to help construct a biblically informed perspective on matters of public policy as it relates to labour, poverty, and wealth. It offers an analysis of the book of James with attention to passages that deal with the rich and the poor and examines the implications of these Christian public ethics.

The dating of 1 Peter and Revelation is important for the interpretation of these books. This article argues that the persecution of Christians by Nero or Dominitian is irrelevant for the dating of either book.