Relevant Verses: Isaiah 58, Jeremiah 7; Luke 4:18-19, Matt. 23

Leading Question: Does religion – things done in God’s name – tend to liberate or oppress?

Comment: If God is the Creator of all, then it stands to reason that we are all his children and all equally free before him and before each other.

But curiously, some of the greatest oppression of human beings is done in the name of religion (God), but also some of the greatest acts of liberation are a result of a commitment to God. Luke 4:18-19 reports a remarkable incident in the synagogue at Nazareth ...