Last week I wrote that one of the things the church is supposed to be is a forgiving community. Jesus talks a lot about forgiveness. He says ‘You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, “You shall not murder”; and “whoever murders shall be liable to judgement.”22But I say to you […]
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Justice
It’s the most interesting thing, I think, when Christians talk about God’s justice. One of the first things people mention is the saying, “an eye for and eye”. This is found in the book of Leviticus. “Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for […]