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The Cost of Being Poor

Katelin Hansen
May 13, 2013
Church Life, General, Politics
15
May 13, 2013 | BY: KATELIN HANSEN -- It's expensive to be poor. "The poorer you are, the more things cost. More in money, time, hassle...

Is Hell for the Rich?

Shawn Casselberry
April 9, 2013
Church Life, General, Theology
27
BY: SHAWN CASSELBERRY -- Is Jesus saying all rich people are going to hell and all poor people going to heaven? This wouldn’t be the first time...

A Theology of Capitalism: Entrepreneurs vs. Money-changers

Morgan Guyton
November 18, 2012
General, Politics
12
There are two different stories people tell about capitalism. Those who describe capitalism favorably say that it is the story of how the innovation and creativity of entrepreneurs are unleashed through a spont...

Red Letter Christianity vs. The Prosperity Theology

Tony Campolo
November 12, 2012
Church Life, General, Theology
12
BY: TONY CAMPOLO -- Jesus does not promise prosperity. He tells us that the servant is not...

Does Government Assistance Discourage Private Charity?

Linda Brendle
November 11, 2012
General, Politics
62
A couple of months ago my brother, the Reverend Doctor Jim Robinson, posted a blog titled “Hard Work vs. Government Assistance.” It was well-written and thought-provoking, but I thought it was incomplete. I...

Working With the Poor, One Village at a Time

Graeme Esau
November 4, 2012
General, Global
4
BY: GRAEME ESAU -- At a certain point in my life, I came to realize that being a Christian was more...

Robbing the Rich: Biblical Concern or Political Preoccupation?

Craig M. Watts
October 3, 2012
General, Politics
68
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- Humans are stewards rather than full owners of the property they hold. Rather....

Commendable in an Age of Short Cuts: Kings, Presidents and Prophets

Craig M. Watts
September 6, 2012
Church Life, Politics
14
The Presidential campaign has reached a fever-pitch. Exaggeration, half-truths and lies abound as each party scratches and claws toward election day in hopes of victory. It seems that truth in political campai...

Slandering the Poor: An Exercise in Self-Righteousness

Craig M. Watts
August 29, 2012
General, Practical Justice
26
In the minds of some people any reference to the hard working poor is an oxymoron. Being poor and being hard working are mutually exclusive to them. People are poor quite simply because they refuse to exert the...

Fraudulent Freedom and the Needs of the Poor

Craig M. Watts
August 7, 2012
Theology
44
To claim Jesus called people to voluntarily help the poor and needy is true. But to go beyond that assertion and claim Jesus wouldn't support – and we shouldn't support – helping the poor through taxe...
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