Gary North and Gary DeMar in the Christian Reconstruction Movement take social justice to another level. They teach that the church should practice social justice to reconstruct society in order to bring in the kingdom.
Read moreModern Slavery or Human Trafficking
There are more slaves today than at any other time. We call modern slavery human trafficking. Modern slavery is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the United States with North Carolina among the most affected states. In 2019, 266 cases of trafficking were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, ranking North Carolina 11th among the 50 states in cases reported. According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, there is now an average of 78 sex trafficking cases every year in North Carolina, and Charlotte is the #1 city.
Read moreReview of Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology (Chapter Four: A Redemptive-Movement Mode by William J. Webb)
For Webb “going beyond” the Bible means “be willing to venture beyond simply an isolated or static understanding of the Bible.” In a footnote Webb explains what he means: “A static understanding is reading the words of the Bible only within their immediate literary context, up and down the page.”[1] This is the historical-grammatical method well defined. Also, going beyond the Bible is progressing “beyond the frozen-in-time aspects of the ethical portrait found within the Bible.”[2]
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