About this episode

This episode discusses the tension between the ideal of no poverty in the Promised Land and the reality of its existence as described in Deuteronomy.

People in this episode

Host: The Gospel Coalition

Topics covered

• poverty
• covenantal blessing
• civil laws
• ideal vs reality
• Deuteronomy
• charity

Keywords

• Deuteronomy 15
• poverty
• covenantal laws
• charity
• Old Testament
• civil laws
• blessing

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Books & works: Deuteronomy, Psalm, Isaiah, Revelation

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