sons of Israel

…You should not abuse them. Why? Because I am the Lord, your God. And God clearly says that. And he's who's he talking to? Let's keep this in mind. He's not talking to 21st century Westerners. He's talking to a people that themselves had experienced what it was like to be slaves and for 300 to 400 years, the people of Israel were slaves.…

…There's the 49th year and that 50th year is the year of Jubilee, right? And what we heard, and maybe we understood it, maybe we didn't, what we heard there is that if you had property that you had to let go of because of bad fortune, because of bad decisions, because of whatever, you got your property back. And if you had to sell yourself into slavery becau…

…What is it that you're teaching us in doing this, in allowing this to be a part of the life of the people of Israel, your people? Lord God, help us to not harden our hearts nor to allow our minds to be darkened, but open our hearts and open our minds to not be minds of cynicism or skepticism, to not have hearts of distrust, but to open our hearts to trustin…