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Equality and Discrimination

How Paul Worked to Overcome Slavery

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  • John Piper

Social injustice is never far away from any of us. How should we confront injustices that are often culturally and historically pervasive? Paul took a radical approach against slavery in his letter to Philemon.

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Ten Things You Should Know about Slavery in the Bible

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  • Sam Storms

Does the Bible promote slavery? Why is it that we do not read of the condemnation of slavery in the Bible? This article engages with these questions by pointing to ten things you need to know about slavery in the Bible.

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Aliens and Strangers: The Scope of the Kingdom and the Logic of the Gospel

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  • Brian S. Rosner

This article considers questions such as what is the Bible's attitude to foreigners, to immigrants, and refugees, and what does the gospel have to say on the subject. Biblical law is remarkably generous towards strangers. The Scriptures speak of welcoming the stranger, in full knowledge of the risks, because of God's love for all.

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Christianity and the Slavery Question

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  • Arthur Rupprecht

The paper argues that the silence of the New Testament on the slavery question can be understood by noting the essentially worthwhile character of slavery during this period. Modern thinking about slavery has too often been influenced by superimposing the viciousness, perpetual bondage, and race hatred of slavery in past centuries on conditions in the Roman world.

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Two Views of Law

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  • Peter Barnes

This article compares God’s law with anti-discrimination and human rights laws. The author contrasts biblical absolutes with moral relativism, impartiality with anti-discrimination, and the rule of law with the rule of lawyers.

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Christians must be involved in political action based on their faith conviction. In the name of the Lord the hungry must be fed and justice must be sought. Johan D. Tangelder
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