tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819144024025130499.post5925586998213966492..comments2023-09-28T04:38:32.484-05:00Comments on Sunday's Child: Loving your neighbor, Reflection on Acts 4:32-35Sunday's Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689349584445358316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8819144024025130499.post-3008303318712052622009-04-18T14:51:00.000-05:002009-04-18T14:51:00.000-05:00There is no indication that the Church wanted ever...There is no indication that the Church wanted everything. Unlike the Fed. Govt., the Church found in Acts took what was freely given and used it to meet human needs. No buildings... just people. Cool. No expectation that everyone must give everything for the use of everyone. Just graciously receiving everything that was freely given and using it to meet human need. Way Cool! <br /><br />Conflict between personal piety and personal private property? Not unless personal private property is misused (Acts 5:1-11, 8:18-24). Adoption of c*ommon ownership? Why? To what purpose? "Modification" of private property? Again why? To what purpose?<br /><br />Of course there is a connection between vs. 33 and 34. It was a creative short-term solution to need. As a workable long-term strategy (USSR, etc.) it has been weighed in the balance of historical human experience and found wanting.Earlnoreply@blogger.com