Download PDF: RV Garrison, Alms By David J. Downs Waco: Baylor University Press, 2016. 340 pages. $59.95 The idea of atoning or redemptive almsgiving is that the act of giving alms or doing work for charity merits the forgiveness of sins.
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Download PDF: RV Garrison, Alms By David J. Downs Waco: Baylor University Press, 2016. 340 pages. $59.95 The idea of atoning or redemptive almsgiving is that the act of giving alms or doing work for charity merits the forgiveness of sins.