Tag: slavery
September 9th: 1 Chronicles 28 and Ephesians 6
August 30th: 2 Samuel 17 and Philemon
August 29th: 2 Samuel 16 and Colossians 4
August 5th: 1 Samuel 25 and Romans 6
May 14th: Deuteronomy 15 and Luke 8:22-56
March 14th: Exodus 21 and Matthew 21:1-22
February 26th: Exodus 5 and Matthew 11
‘The Color of Compromise’ with Jemar Tisby
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Derek and I are joined by Jemar Tisby, the author of the recent book The Color of Compromise. We discuss the tragic legacy of historic racial oppression, its continuing forms, and how Christians should respond.
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The Troubling Absence of Consent in OT Law and Narrative
The issue of consent has been much discussed in the wake of, among other things, the #MeToo movement, and I was wondering how we can relate that to the types of marriage practices that we see in the Bible, where consent really is not at the forefront, if relevant at all. What are we to make of concubinage, war brides, bride kidnapping (in Judges), rape laws (where unbetrothed virgins may be given in marriage to their rapists) or just the fact that Mosaic law seems to place a daughter’s choice of spouse entirely in her father’s hands? Many have highlighted that what David did to Bathsheba was most likely rape, but do we also change the way we speak about, say, Abraham and Hagar? As a concubine/slave, was Hagar in a position to consent? How do we speak honestly and forcefully about the evil of forced marriage and the importance of consent, considering that the Bible does not seem to condemn these things in a straightforward way? The Church has historically held that mutual consent is necessary for marriage, but was that arrived at independent of the biblical witness or in proper extrapolation from it? I would love to hear your thoughts on this issue.
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