Babylon
In Advent God comforts us so we can comfort others
By Thomas Reese — December 13, 2023
(RNS) — God does not comfort us so we can simply be comfortable. God comforts us so we can comfort others.
Proclaim debt amnesty throughout all the land? A biblical solution to a present-day problem
By Eva von Dassow — July 27, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar of the ancient Near East explains how loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Bible and royal decrees.
Woe to you, Washington! Woe to you, New York!
By Thomas Reese — October 4, 2021
(RNS) — God does not punish us. He tells us when we are punishing ourselves.
America’s Christian conservatives ponder a ‘Babylonian exile’ (ANALYSIS)
By David Gibson — August 18, 2014
(RNS) Feeling increasingly alienated and even persecuted, some Christians are adopting a favorite image from Scripture -- that of the Babylonian captivity.
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