by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW, LAIDLAW COLLEGE | Feb 20, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
This the latest in a series of articles sharing insights from a joint curricular development initiative of the ON, the Theology of Work Project and three ON schools (Asbury, Assemblies of God and Western). Previous articles in this series have dealt with...
by Klaus Issler, professor of educational studies and theology, Biola University | Feb 20, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
When friends learned I was studying lending in the Old Testament, some asked: What about “payday loans”? Let’s see how the Old Testament’s teaching about loan ethics applies to this controversial practice. As we have seen, one component of Old Testament...
by Klaus Issler, Professor of Educational Studies and Theology, Biola University | Jan 16, 2019 | Newsletter Articles
What implications can be drawn from the Old Testament Torah teaching on lending and interest passages (Exod. 22:25, Lev. 25:35-36, and Deut 23:19-20)? The previous article in this series showed how access to loans without interest is an important component of...
by Klaus Issler, professor of educational studies and theology, Biola University | Dec 5, 2018 | Newsletter Articles
The question of what the Old Testament has to say about lending money at interest has engaged the attention of Bible scholars for centuries. In a recent series of articles in this newsletter, I presented a case that the three passages in the Torah on lending money at...
by ALISTAIR MACKENZIE, TEACHING FELLOW, LAIDLAW COLLEGE | Nov 5, 2018 | Newsletter Articles
This the latest in a series of articles sharing insights from a joint curricular development initiative of the ON, the Theology of Work Project and three ON schools (Asbury, Assemblies of God and Western). Although theology and ethics are inseparable in the Bible,...
