February 2012
4 posts
“If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your...”
– Deuteronomy 15.7-11
Again, the Deuteronomist appeals to the people of YHWH to act in their God’s compassionate ways. It is also an urgent warning to the covenant community to not succumb to their new sense of wealth and view their neighbor of lower socioeconomic status in contempt.
So the...
