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In the dark corners of the inner city, the most destitute people in society are searching for anything to numb their hurting souls. And there are some who display the most extreme mix of need and anticipation: the twenty-piece shuffle, a jittery walk marked by wide-eyed desperation, named after the street tag for a piece of crack cocaine. But the addiction to whatever will numb a troubled spirit...

Biblical justice is a matter of neither moral piety nor retribution, but of treating people rightly in the first place and making sure that those whose opportunities to live well have been restricted or removed are restored to spiritual, physical, economic, and political health and freedom. I grew up in a home where I was welcomed and loved, provided with everything I needed (including instruction in the miracle of God’s grace through Jesus and my own deep need of it), not to mention a healthy measure