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Private Property

Did the Early Church Share Possessions? Darrell Bock on Acts 2 & 4

By Filings on Tue, 05/26/26
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“To many today, this portrait resembles ideas within modern communism. It raises anxious questions about economic obligations or unrealistic idealism. To others, the text is simply glossed over or so heavily caveated that its entire force is nearly lost.” - Word by Word

The FAQs: What Should Churches Do When Protest Enters the Sanctuary?

By Filings on Wed, 01/21/26
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“Under U.S. law, churches are private property, even when open to the public for worship. Property owners—including churches—retain the right to set rules for conduct on their premises and to remove individuals who violate those rules.” - TGC

An Aristotelian Defense of Ownership in the Age of the Sharing Economy

By Filings on Fri, 06/24/22
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“The emergence of the online sharing economy calls to mind the Socratic desire to abolish ownership with the goal of ending competition and discord. But, as Aristotle reminds us, this is a corrosive vision that would exacerbate rather than mitigate conflict” - Public Discourse

Does the Bible Require Common Ownership of Land?

By Filings on Mon, 02/08/16
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“God divided the land by tribe and then by family, and He provided in His law (Leviticus 25) for the perpetuation of family ownership of the land. The justice (right) of people’s having private property … is embodied in the Eighth Commandment, ‘You shall not steal.’”

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