Donald offers some reflections from Christian ethics for economic life and then examines what needs to be done to ensure that the financial crisis of 2008 doesn't happen again.

Vaughan gives an overview of the Bible, showing how the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme of the kingdom of God.

Donald analyses the arrangements for the allocation of the Land in Ancient Israel to elicit principles for economic justice in a modern economy. Everyone should have access to opportunities to work; workers should receive enough income to enable them to support their families; and there should be mechanisms to prevent the growth of wealth inequalities. Implicit too is a requirement that wealth holders should consider how to use their wealth to promote the good of the community.

Abraham laughed at God’s promise to give him and Sarah a son in their old age. Peter rebuked Jesus for being a king but expecting to be rejected and killed. But God’s promise is for people like Abraham and Peter. God gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

We live in an unkind world – because we worship unkind gods. But in Jesus, God has revealed his kindness and makes us kind through him.