Anne Bradley, Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, has a blog series summarizing her research report, “Why Does e Inequality Exist? An Economic and Biblical Explanation” In her latest post, Bradley explains whatthe Bible has to say about e inequality:
In the context of e inequality, verses 4-6 are of particular importance. Paul writes that the gifts are different, the service of those gifts is different and there are different types of working (the gifts manifest themselves in entirely different ways) but in all of them God is at work for mon good. So we are unequal, and that inborn inequality serves to make us all better off. How so? Because it releases us from trying to e perfect in all things, thus we can focus on our gifts and make positive contributions to the world. If I had to possess all of the gifts in a fallen world, I could never plish anything. The market is a God-given construct, a methodology for exercising our gifts, and through our unique contributions whether they are through the business world or motherhood, we can make a contribution to mon good.
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