Marcus Dods, Free Church of Scotland minster, writes on the charge to remember the poor (1 Cor 16:1). With all the abuses of the poor, hard to see how to end poverty. But we can think of connections to harsh conditions and our cheap comforts. There is blood-guilt here.

Today, would many object to even a consideration of the connection between hard lives and cheap goods?

How can you brighten some lives?

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, an Anglican Dean, on Amos. Debtors sold as slaves, even for trivial gain, even begrudged the gesture of throwing dust on their heads. And yet strict was the profession of religion.

Stanley objects to strict religion next to debt slavery. Today would complaints about hard bargains against the poor be taken as a sign of having given up orthodoxy?

How can you make things better for innocent debtors?

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