Fraudulent Freedom and the Needs of the Poor
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...
Offensive Jesus?
Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes. I've made plenty. I'll make plenty more.
And in the future, when i err, I'd like to err on the side of grace.
We've heard it said many times before by trendy autho...
Again, Who Would Jesus Tax?
I tend not to be impressed when politicians use god-words. In fact I’m immediately suspicious. It seems to me that pandering to religious folks rather than the glorification of God is the goal. Too often t...
From Prosperity Gospel to Disparity Gospel?
I’m not going to spend too much time or energy expressing my disdain for Prosperity Gospel, the kind of ministry by the likes of Joel Osteen that preaches about how Jesus wants you to be rich. Actually, it’s ...
Forgetting the Poor?
There’s a passage in Galatians 2 that has always intrigued me, so this week I’m going to share three posts on the topic. This is from The Message translation of the Apostle Paul’s letter:
“Recognizing that m...
Being Poor Is A Lot of Work
Until very recently, I had no idea how hard it is for some of our friends just to find somewhere to lay themselves down to sleep at night. I knew that inner-city families moved around a lot, but I didn’t r...
Find Your Own Calcutta
She was small in stature but she stood head and shoulders above the rest of us. Her life and her message affected the way we view the poor and highly impacted the ways in which we live our lives. She called u...
Hard-to-Learn Love
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The Ryan Plan: A Declaration of War on the Poor
I’ve been fasting for 18 days in solidarity with the hunger fast for a moral budget because something incredible is happening in our country, and we haven’t seen anything like it in 30 years. When introduced ...
Hunger Fast: The Call for Justice
“When I walked outside people, thinking I was a doctor, began handing me their dead children. Within minutes I watched 25 children die.”
These were the opening words of Ambassador Tony Hall from within the...