Comments on: A Radical Form of Criticism http://blog.compassion.com/a-radical-form-of-criticism/ Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ian Durias http://blog.compassion.com/a-radical-form-of-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Ian Durias Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:59:58 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=261#comment-475 I hear the revolutionary tone of the Sermon On The Mount in the above thoughts by Brueggemann. "You have heard that it was said... But I tell you that..." Thanks for sharing this, Becky! Here's some more Non-Beach Reading Brueggeman. Grin. Article: The Liturgy of Abundance, The Myth of Scarcity Link: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=533 I hear the revolutionary tone of the Sermon On The Mount in the above thoughts by Brueggemann. “You have heard that it was said… But I tell you that…”

Thanks for sharing this, Becky!

Here’s some more Non-Beach Reading Brueggeman. Grin.

Article: The Liturgy of Abundance, The Myth of Scarcity

Link: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=533

]]> By: Amber Van Schooneveld http://blog.compassion.com/a-radical-form-of-criticism/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Amber Van Schooneveld Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:34:25 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=261#comment-473 Thanks, Becky. That quote really puts into context just how radical the social justice God called for in the Old Testament was (justice through systems such as gleaning, tithing, Sabbath Years, Year of Jubilee). When contrasted when the empires of old, God's law was clearly concerned with the "least" person--not empire building. Thanks, Becky. That quote really puts into context just how radical the social justice God called for in the Old Testament was (justice through systems such as gleaning, tithing, Sabbath Years, Year of Jubilee). When contrasted when the empires of old, God’s law was clearly concerned with the “least” person–not empire building.

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