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Scripture on the Budget: What the Bible Says About National Priorities

by Eric Sapp Back in 2006, the budget debate followed immediately on the heels of Congressional consideration of the Marriage Amendment. As a result, there was a desire by a number of Democratic...

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The Responsibility of the Nation and Its Government to “the Least of...

By Eric Sapp (Part 2 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") The first chapter of the Book of Isaiah begins with the prophet cataloguing the decline of the city of Jerusalem into...

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The Policy Implications of Praying, “Thy Kingdom Come...”

(Part 3 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") . . . Some may say that Isaiah's vision of the Kingdom of God is a pipedream completely out of our grasp this side of the grave, but I ask...

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On Corruption and the Exploitation of Workers

(Part 4 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") Time and again the Bible makes clear that what God demands and takes pleasure in is not acts of piety and the scrupulous following of...

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The Sin of Helping the Rich at the Expense of the Poor

(Part 5 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") Democrats must not get into the business of throwing stones, but neither should we allow Republicans to continue to portray us as moral...

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The Blessedness of the Poor and Our Christian Responsibility to Them

(Part 6 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") An underlying assumption in many Republican policies is that poor people deserve what they get and that they are poor because of some...

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Wealth, Materialism, and the Bible's View of an "Ownership Society"

(Part 7 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") One would think that those who supposedly care so much for the moral and spiritual well-being of their fellow Americans would not be so...

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Countering the Right’s Pharisaical Approach to Piety and Moral Legalism

Part 8 of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") The tendency of many leaders of the religious right and Republicans to focus on purity following the letter of the law while ignoring its...

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Concluding Thoughts: Applying Scripture in a Pluralistic Society

(Conclusion of "The Primer on Scripture and the Budget for 2009") A faithful and true use of religious beliefs to guide policy in our constitutional system of government is very difficult. Even those...

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