Deuteronomy 15 teaches a plain, practical, and merciful economy for a covenant people. It draws a careful distinction between two kinds of poverty and prescribes two different responses. One response is charity without expectation of repayment; the other is an interest-free, compassionate loan with the expectation of repayment. Both responses display mercy, but each fits a different need and both honor God’s wisdom about work, stewardship, and neighbor-love.
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Deuteronomy 15 — God’s Law for the Needy: Gifts, Loans, and the Year of Release
Deuteronomy 15 teaches a plain, practical, and merciful economy for a covenant people. It draws a careful distinction between two kinds of poverty and prescribes two different responses. One response is charity without expectation of repayment; the other is an interest-free, compassionate loan with the expectation of repayment. Both responses display mercy, but each fits a different need and both honor God’s wisdom about work, stewardship, and neighbor-love.
Don’t Rob God
God gave the Law of the Tithe to Israel. We will discuss the purpose of this law and how it applies to the Christian.
Clemson Outreach
Interactions like this resulted in many one-on-one conversations with students at Clemson.
Psalm 69:1-36 – Lessons From Suffering
Psalm 69 is kept in Scripture not as antiquarian reading but as practical instruction for how God’s people are to live through seasons of pain, rejection, and trial. Read two ways, it teaches two things at once: how suffering shapes a faithful soul (think David) and how suffering saves the world (think Jesus). Both perspectives are meant to form us—our prayers, our patience, our zeal, and our posture before God and our neighbors
Psalms 69 – Lessons from Suffering
Psalm 69 is kept in Scripture not as antiquarian reading but as practical instruction for how God’s people are to live through seasons of pain, rejection, and trial. Read two ways, it teaches two things at once: how suffering shapes a faithful soul (think David) and how suffering saves the world (think Jesus). Both perspectives are meant to form us—our prayers, our patience, our zeal, and our posture before God and our neighbors.
Deuteronomy 14 – Dietary Laws – Theology of Holiness
In this VLOG, Pastor Ben discusses the theology behind the dietary laws given to Israel; and how that theology applies under the New Covenant.
Luke 22 – Judas, What Did You Do?
Luke 22 is not a fable. It is a dated, deliberate account of a week in history when the plot to kill Jesus was hatched and carried out. The Passover was in the city. The crowds were present. The institutions and the religious leaders who should have recognized the Messiah instead conspired to silence Him.
Luke 22 — The Plot to Kill Jesus: When Religion, Rage, and Providence Collide
Luke 22 is not a fable. It is a dated, deliberate account of a week in history when the plot to kill Jesus was hatched and carried out. The Passover was in the city. The crowds were present. The institutions and the religious leaders who should have recognized the Messiah instead conspired to silence Him.
Come Join Us
Innocent babies are being aborted in Greenville, SC. Join us (and other Christians) to expose this wickedness.
Why Do We Go?
Since the government of South Carolina refuses to abolish abortion, our church goes out to interpose and help moms choose life for their children.
Grace Reformed Baptist Church 