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Throwback Thursday: The Man in Black

It's a miserable, hot, drought-stricken summer here in the Midwest. On Monday I had some shut-in calls to make as well as some errands to run. These were to take me in different directions so I figured I could do the errands first and skip the clergy uniform, then head for home to get dressed for the shut-in calls

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Heath CurtisComment
We Have Got to Talk About Usury (Part III): The New Testament

In the previous part of this series (Pt. II), I noted that in the centuries following Luther, certain theologians began to interpret the Old Testament prohibition against lending at interest as pertaining to civil rather than moral law. This view, however, stands in contrast to the prevailing consensus throughout most of church history, and it was not shared by many faithful voices in the early years of the LCMS. Nonetheless, admittedly, some respected Lutheran theologians adopted this position (the rationale for which will be examined later in the series).

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Point of Order!

But there are simply resolutions that are a waste of time, and they actually resolve nothing, as I said before. Then there are those that should be ruled out of order, and frankly, a more knowledgeable floor committee should have quashed.

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Larry Beane Comments
The Good in Usury: How Exploitation Goes Both Ways

Economics are important. The Christian life doesn’t stop at the church doors, but subsumes everything under the One Lord Jesus Christ. And so, it is important for us to wrestle with and struggle with issues like usury. As a reminder, the biblical definition of usury is the sum paid for the use of money, hence interest; not, as in the modern sense, exorbitant interest

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Travis Berg Comments