"One of the mysteries of social thought is how religion, at least the Christian religion, ever came to be regarded as 'the opiate of the people,' or how it ever came to seem an other-worldly affair, which neglected this world to concentrate on some world to come. There is no book in literature with such a burning social passion as the Bible. There is no book which speaks so explosively and dynamically of social wrongs and social injustice. There is no book so burningly conscious that the great gap between riches and poverty is an active and terrible transgression of the law of God and the will of God. There is no book which has, in fact, proved so powerful a social dynamic as the Bible has." - William Barclay commentary on the book of James, chapter 5, verses 1-3.
This is THE best commentary I have ever read. I am no scholar, nor have I been through seminary, but this author has over and over highlighted the Bible in such a way that is profound, yet simple. It's a small and somewhat older book, the copywright is 1950, but wow. Wow!
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