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Power and poverty : divine and human rule in a world of need / Dewi Hughes ; foreword by Christopher Wright.
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TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008.Description: 253 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781844743124
- 261.8/325 22
- BS680.P47 H84 2008
Contents:
Finding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11 -- God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- The laws to prevent poverty -- Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Jesus the supreme ruler -- What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler -- What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes -- What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living -- What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit -- What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment -- The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- The church is a joyful community -- The church is a community who speak God's words.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index.
Finding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11 -- God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- The laws to prevent poverty -- Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Jesus the supreme ruler -- What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler -- What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes -- What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living -- What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit -- What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment -- The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- The church is a joyful community -- The church is a community who speak God's words.
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