What is usury in the Bible? Is it wrong to charge interest on a loan, or is only wrong to charge excessive interest (usury) on a loan?

Last week I posted some lines related to economics from the Westminster Larger Catechism. In one place, where the catechism was forbidding usury, I added the gloss e.g., loan-sharks. This prompted a stern chiding in the comment thread: Kevin, You know perfectly well that usury in...

What does the Bible say about lending money? Why is it sometimes unwise to lend money?

Should a Christian use a credit card? Is using credit cards a sin since the Bible teaches not to go into debt?

On July 24 I preached on Romans 13:8a, "Owe no one anything, except to love each other." I raised the question whether this command ruled out all borrowing for Christiansborrowing a rake from a neighbor, fifty cents for a coke&

In our modern era of unbridled capitalism, many believers have adopted a worldly attitude toward the poor. Many simply view poverty as a symptom of laziness ...