Charles John Ellicott, Anglican bishop, notes Paul doesn’t smash slavery with a hammer; he slips yeast into the dough. Christianity seeps in, alters the taste, and—awkwardly for slavery—turns chains into contradictions. Christianized bondage becomes liberty. So which institutions are you quietly leavening?

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Thomas Goodwin, English Puritan, says the philosophy of “every man for himself” is mere self-love and the mark of an unregenerate man. It’s the value system of the Roman Empire.

Do we excuse the actions of individuals or nations as long as they can claim were done in self-interest, or had the value system of Cain?

How can we forgive others and truly be our “brother’s keeper”?

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