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April 9: The Global Reset Button Deuteronomy 15:1–17:20 ; 2 Corinthians 4:7–18; Psalm 37:1–22 When I was a kid, I loved playing Super Nintendo—especially Donkey Kong. Despite my love for it, it would sometimes make me angry. When I couldn’t handle the way the game was panning out, I would slam down the controller and hit the reset button. I would start fresh. It’s more than a little sad that my entertainment made me act like a caveman. Yet those moments of resetting the entire system felt like another chance at life (albeit a virtual one). With the state of the global economy, it often feels like the world needs a reset. It’s tempting to say something as radical as, “Let’s forgive all debts and start again.” Though this couldn’t happen—and it would be highly problematic, since the statement depends on goodwill, a free economy, and general care for one another—it doesn’t stop us from hoping. God actually created a system for this audacious idea: in the Year of Jubilee, or the ...