Tag archive: justice
A Preemptive Warning
“Caution: Do not iron shirt while wearing it.” Exodus 23:1-33 Reference: ““Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,” Exodus 23:2 NIV Explore: “Do not hold the wrong end of the chainsaw.” “Warning: Do not use for drying pets.”…
A Holiday Disaster
We left the fish in the care of our housemate. Exodus 22:1-31 Reference: ““If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbour for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,” Exodus 22:10 NIV Explore: A long time ago my…
Injustice In Illness
As with most diseases, they don’t discriminate Exodus 21:1-36 Reference: ““If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally.” Exodus 21:35 NIV Explore: I was recently talking to an oncology nurse about her work. She…
It’s Ok To Speak Up
Every week I would stay quiet and miss out on something Joshua 21:1-45 Reference: “at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.”” Joshua 21:2 NIV Explore: Growing up I never wanted to make a fuss. If I…
The Perfect Crime
When the culprit is found there is a great sense of fulfillment. Genesis 4:1-16 Reference: But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. (Genesis 4:15 NIV) Explore:…