You probably read this prohibition of interest the way I do: that was then, and this is now. Reading the Bible like this is reading the Bible as Story. It unfolds and propels us to live out the Bible in our day in our way. But how do we know when the principle of “that was then and this is now” applies? It’s easy when everyone agrees, and we all seem to have concluded without much conscious effort—though we’d all be surprised how debated interest was in Europe in centuries past—that charging and paying interest is how the system works. But what happens when some disagree with the status quo?
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