Oregon Center for Christian Voices http://occv.org Christians Working to Transform Oregon Mon, 14 May 2012 23:21:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Jeremiah 9:23-24 http://occv.org/2012/05/jeremiah-923-24/ http://occv.org/2012/05/jeremiah-923-24/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:50 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=755 Thus says the Lord, “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the

mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let

him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the

Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For

in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 9:23-24

]]> http://occv.org/2012/05/jeremiah-923-24/feed/ 0 Deuteronomy 16:20 http://occv.org/2012/05/deuteronomy-1620-2/ http://occv.org/2012/05/deuteronomy-1620-2/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:17 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=752 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land

that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 16:20

]]> http://occv.org/2012/05/deuteronomy-1620-2/feed/ 0 Jeremiah 22:13-17 http://occv.org/2012/04/jeremiah-2213-17/ http://occv.org/2012/04/jeremiah-2213-17/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:00:30 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=749 “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms

by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give

him his wages, who says, ‘I will build myself a great house with spacious

upper rooms,’ who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and

painting it with vermilion. Do you think you are a king because you compete

in silver? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness?

Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it

was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord. But you have eyes and

heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for

practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 22:13-17

]]> http://occv.org/2012/04/jeremiah-2213-17/feed/ 0 Luke 14:15 http://occv.org/2012/04/luke-1415/ http://occv.org/2012/04/luke-1415/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:00:41 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=746 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to

him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

Luke 14:15

]]> http://occv.org/2012/04/luke-1415/feed/ 0 Isaiah 58:6-12 http://occv.org/2012/04/isaiah-586-12/ http://occv.org/2012/04/isaiah-586-12/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:07 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=744 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday…

Isaiah 58:6-12

]]> http://occv.org/2012/04/isaiah-586-12/feed/ 0 Ezekiel 22:29-31 http://occv.org/2012/04/ezekiel-2229-31/ http://occv.org/2012/04/ezekiel-2229-31/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:00:26 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=740 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They

have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner

without justice. And I sought for a man among them who should build up the

wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy

it, but I found none. Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them.

I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way

upon their heads, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:29-31

]]> http://occv.org/2012/04/ezekiel-2229-31/feed/ 0 Matthew 25:31-46 http://occv.org/2012/04/matthew-2531-46/ http://occv.org/2012/04/matthew-2531-46/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:24 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=737 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he

will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations,

and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the

sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats

on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are

blessed by my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty

and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me…

Matthew 25:31-46

]]> http://occv.org/2012/04/matthew-2531-46/feed/ 0 Proverbs 28:27 http://occv.org/2012/03/proverbs-2827/ http://occv.org/2012/03/proverbs-2827/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:00:44 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=735 Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get

many a curse.

Proverbs 28:27

]]> http://occv.org/2012/03/proverbs-2827/feed/ 0 Luke 11:39-42 http://occv.org/2012/03/luke-1139-42/ http://occv.org/2012/03/luke-1139-42/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:00:13 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=731 And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup

and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools!

Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give as alms those

things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you. “But woe to

you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice

and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the

others.

Luke 11:39-42

]]> http://occv.org/2012/03/luke-1139-42/feed/ 0 Leviticus 23:22 http://occv.org/2012/03/leviticus-2322/ http://occv.org/2012/03/leviticus-2322/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:00:06 +0000 admin http://occv.org/?p=729 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right

up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall

leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 23:22

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