Module/Week 6 -- discussion

 Thread: Under United States Bankruptcy law, a debtor can petition a federal court for relief from his debts. If the court grants the petition, the court will issue an order discharging all or some of the debt owed to the debtor’s creditors. Explain whether the provision of U.S. Bankruptcy law that permit a debtor to be relieved of his debts is consistent with the biblical view of contracts. 

 500 word thread 

Bible Readings

• Matthew 5:33–37
• Numbers 23:19
• Joshua 9:19–20
• Exodus 23:1
• Psalm 15:1–5
• Numbers 30
• Deuteronomy 15:1–6
• Genesis 2:1–3
• Genesis 25:29–34
• Hebrews 12:14–17
• Psalm 15:4
• Proverbs 22:26–28
• Ecclesiastes 5:5
• Deuteronomy 24:14–15
• Jeremiah 22:13
• James 5:4
• Matthew 20:1–16

 Article I, Section 10, limits the power of the states. States may not enter into a treaty with a foreign nation; that power is given to the president, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate present. States cannot make their own money, nor can they grant any title of nobility. 

ch 6.  Herbert W. Titus, God, Man, and Law: The Biblical Principles (1st ed. 1994). ISBN: 9780916888176