The answer to poverty in the world is not for rich westerners to be the saviors of all those poor wretches “over there.”
Consider this short video at WorldviewTruth.com: Don’t Look Down On the Poor
The answer to poverty in the world is not for rich westerners to be the saviors of all those poor wretches “over there.”
Consider this short video at WorldviewTruth.com: Don’t Look Down On the Poor
Does God care if you are rich or poor? How are we to view wealth and prosperity from a Christian Perspective? |
Several times over the years I have seen some Christians react negatively to the idea expressed in the title of this article. Make the claim that living out Christianity will tend to cause all kinds of prosperity
I just posted a brief article about Joel McDurmon’s upcoming book called The Bible & War in America at The Gospel of Everything Blog.
If you have questions about America’s “war culture” come on over and read the article and tell me your thoughts and questions. Maybe you
Does Christianity have a clear teaching about war? What about self-defense? National defense? Promoting justice in the world through the use of war?
Here is a scarier way to ask the question: How does Jesus feel about Christians participating directly or indirectly in war? Is Jesus a pacifist? Does he want us to stay uninvolved in all wars?
On the other hand, how does Jesus feel about the American
Abundance and Prosperity |
Why do some argue that the government needs to act in order to help the poor while others argue that helping the poor should be left in private hands?
Is this primarily a political question of Democrat vs. Republican or Liberal vs. Conservative?
Or is it a worldview question?
Darrow Miller and Gary Brumbelow have written an article that shows some of the worldview roots to these two perspectives.
Here are my summaries on the four perspectives that they discussed: