Word for the Week

Responding to our Redemption

Week beginning: 21st February, 2021 | By David McIlroy | London

But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:8 (NIV 1984)

Inside a pawn-broker's shop, the poor obtain short term loans by pledging their family jewellery and other possessions as security. In order to get their goods back, the borrower (or someone on their behalf) has to pay the price of the loan. To do so