Module 2 Flashcards
(34 cards)
God and His Great Love for the Poor
Defender of the fatherless and widows Protector of the week and needy Rescuer of the poor Provider of the poor Savior of the poor Refuge of the poor
Year of Jubilee
to be practiced every 50 years
Leviticus 25:8-43
Leviticus 25:17
God says to the nation of Israel: Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God
Cancelling Debt
Deuteronomy 15, we see that God’s intention will be that His people will have all debts canceled every seven years.
Sabbatical year
Creditor Cancels a Loan - Deuteronomy 15:1-3
Poverty in the Bible
- The financially poor (humble)
- Alien (Refugee, Immigrant)
- Destitute
- Oppressed
- Fool
The financially poor (humble)
have little capital, subsistence as farmers.
As a result they have minimal political power.
Alien (Refugee, Immigrant)
fled drought or war, lost their capital, went to another country to survive.
Destitute
have no capital and are not able to earn income. The blind, the lame, the orphans.
Oppressed
victims of the powerful and greedy.
(Book of Amos - Local elites)
(Book of Judges)
Fool
a person who chooses to neglect work and to spend money and time on substance abuse and wrongful sexual activity (prodigal son).
Poverty (biblical)
Poverty is defined as destitution.
Prejudice
is an unfavorable attitude toward people because they are members of a particular racial or ethnic group.
Discrimination
is an unfavorable action toward people because they are members of a particular racial or ethnic group.
Bias
An attitude that can influence feelings: usually resulting in an individual having positive or negative predispositions about a particular group, individual, idea or object.
Theology of Missions
*a multidisciplinary field that reads the Bible with missioner eyes; and based on the continual reading of God’s Word:
reexamines
reevaluates
redirects
*the church’s participation in God’s mission in God’s world
Ethnocentrism
“thinking one’s own group’s ways are superior to others”
“judging other groups as inferior to one’s own“
making false assumptions about others’ ways based on our own limited experience
Message of the Cross & Paul’s Mission
1 Corinthians 1:10, 17-18
is designed to transform the lives of believers and make them different as a people and as a corporate body from the surrounding world.
However, the Christians are destroying their Christian testimony because of immorality & disunity.
Contextualization
the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and help to explain its meaning.
the circumstances surrounding an act or event
Incarnate Ministry
In mission we must proclaim the divine text – The Word of God; yet pray that God help us present His revelation to people in their diverse settings.
Worldview
is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world
Culture
The integrated system of learned patterns of behavior, ideas and products characteristic of a society
Five Ways to Relate to Culture
Christ against Culture Christ of Culture Christ above Culture Christ and Culture in tension or paradox Christ the Transformer of Culture
Christ Against Culture
Christ and culture are at odds with each other; the choice is either-or. In order to follow Christ you must reject culture. Christ does not work through culture