Remember the Poor
Remember the Poor

Author: Bruce Longenecker

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Published: 2010-11-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780802863737

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Combining historical, exegetical, and theological interests, Bruce Longenecker here dispels the widespread notion that Paul had little or no concern for the poor. Longnecker s analysis of Greco-Roman poverty provides the backdrop for a compelling presentation of the importance of care for the poor within Paul s theology and the Jesus-groups he had established. Along the way, Longenecker calls into question a variety of interpretive paradigms such as Steven J. Friesen s 2004 poverty scale and offers a fresh vision in which Paul s theological resources are shown to be both historically significant and theologically challenging.

Money, Possessions, and Eternity
Money, Possessions, and Eternity

Author: Randy Alcorn

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1414341644

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Who wants to settle for fleeting treasures on earth . . . when God offers everlasting treasures in heaven? It’s time to rethink our perspectives on money and possessions. In this thoroughly researched classic, Randy Alcorn shows us how to view these things accurately—as God’s provision for our good, the good of others, and his glory. Alcorn presents a biblical and comprehensive view of money and possessions, including the following: Why is money so important to God? Is prosperity theology right or wrong? How can we be liberated from materialism? What should we do about debt? How much does God want us to give? How can we best help the poor and reach the lost? What about gambling? Investing? Insurance? Saving? Retirement? Inheritance? How can we leave our children a true heritage? How can we use money in ways that God rewards? This practical and refreshing theology of money contains topical and Scripture indexes, a study guide, and five helpful appendices.

Remember the Poor
Remember the Poor

Author: Robert Elkington

Publisher:

Published: 2006-07

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780595846580

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Poverty continues to be a growing global crisis, but Christians can dramatically help alleviate this suffering by emulating the teachings of Christ. Remember the Poor attempts to awaken North American Christians to the plight of the poor and their responsibility to minister to these people. To address this worldwide epidemic, author Rob Elkington focuses on four key themes, including the following: The state of the poor in the twenty-first century Biblical material that addresses poverty The role of the church in North America The role of the church globally through strategic partnerships Remember the Poor provides current statistical data on the state of the poor across the globe and examines the biblical material that shows how God encourages us to love the poor. Elkington also offers practical suggestions on how Christians can minister through their local church to those stricken by poverty.Ministering to the poor can be one of life's greatest blessings. Take a stand to end poverty in our world and let the power of Jesus Christ move you to serve Him in all that you do. Remember the Poor will show you how to make a difference!

Subversive Jesus
Subversive Jesus

Author: Craig Warren Greenfield

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 031034624X

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When Jesus left the most exclusive gated community in the universe to come live with the people he loved and gave his life for, he turned everything we know and believe about life on its head. Jesus said that he came to bring good news to the poor, but most Western Christians remain disconnected and isolated from the poor and their contexts of injustice. Even our churches echo society’s pressure to isolate ourselves from the margins (e.g. by moving to a better suburb) and instead teach us how to be “nice people” who worship a “nice Jesus” and don’t disrupt the status quo. Convinced that Jesus places love for the poor and the pursuit of justice central, Craig Greenfield has sought to follow in Christ’s footsteps by living among people at the edges of society for the last fourteen years. His quest to follow this Subversive Jesus has taken Craig and his young family from the slums of Asia to inner city Canada and back again. This is the story of how Jesus led them to the margins: initiating the Pirates of Justice flash mobs, sharing their home with detoxing crackheads, welcoming homeless panhandlers and prostitutes to the dinner table, and ultimately sparking a movement to reach the world’s most vulnerable children. This book is a strong and potentially controversial critique of the status quo too often found in our churches, but it offers an inspirational and hopeful vision of another way. While readers may not relocate to a slum, they will certainly come to view their lives and ministry through a fresh lens—reconsidering how they are uniquely called by Jesus to subversively love the poor and break down systems of injustice in their sphere of influence.

A Place at the Table
A Place at the Table

Author: Chris Seay

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2012-01-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1441235809

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In a culture built on consumption--especially of food--it is easy to forget the poor that Jesus cared so much about. Following the pattern of his successful Advent Conspiracy, Chris Seay invites readers on a journey of self-examination, discipline, and renewed focus on Jesus that will change their lives forever. He challenges readers to eat like the poor for forty days in solidarity with a much-neglected group of people, and to donate the money they save on groceries to a charity or project that serves the poor in concrete ways. But he doesn't expect them to go it alone. A Place at the Table includes a short chapter for each of those forty days with Scripture, reflections, prayers, encouragement, and tips for engaging the whole family in the process. The six-session DVD, shot in such locations as the Holy Land, Haiti, and Ecuador, will help small groups and entire churches go on a passionate journey of radical faith, personal action, solidarity with the poor, and extravagant grace.

Remember the Poor
Remember the Poor

Author: John L. Bueno

Publisher:

Published: 2004*

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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"After John [Bueno] first shared with me that he was compiling Scriptures and thoughts concerning the poor and we decided to compile them in a book, I began to think about a title. Immediately I recalled the Jerusalem leaders' exhortation to the apostle Paul to "remember the poor" (Galatians 2:10) ... When the Buenos arrived in El Salvador in 1961, they never dreamed their work would one day touch an entire nation. In 1963 John took a step of fatih and started a school in the church ... Eighty-one children were divided among six grades. Eventually an entire school system developed. Its 39 schools have served more than 400,000 students in its 43 years.-- Cover and foreword by Randy Hurst.

Remember the Poor
Remember the Poor

Author: Matthew C. Harrison

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780758661029

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In a time of rising conflict between Palestinian Zealots and the Roman government. Which also meant rising tensions between Jews and Gentiles, St. Paul decisively turned his attention to a matter of human need-the Christians living in Jerusalem during a famine. He led the entire Gentile mission to take up a collection for them as a corporate, churchly act, because he saw the sharing of one's possessions with the needy in the Body of Christ as a tangible demonstration of unity and love in the Church. Knowledge of this great collection is vital for anyone who desires to get something real done in the Church on behalf of Christ. As we, the Body of Christ, seek to attend to both the physical and spiritual needs of our brothers and sisters, we do well to model our giving after the example of those who have gone before us in the faith. Book jacket.

Happy are You Poor
Happy are You Poor

Author: Thomas Dubay

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2009-09-03

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1681492253

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To the modern mind, the concept of poverty is often confused with destitution. But destitution emphatically is not the Gospel ideal. A love-filled sharing frugality is the message, and Happy Are You Poor explains the meaning of this beatitude lived and taught by Jesus himself. But isn't simplicity in lifestyle meant only for nuns and priests? Are not all of us to enjoy the goodness and beauties of our magnificent creation? Are parents to be frugal with the children they love so much? The renowned spiritual writer Dubay gives surprising replies to these questions. He explains how material things are like extensions of our persons and thus of our love. If everyone lived this love there would be no destitution. After presenting the richness of the Gospel message, more beautiful than any other world view, he explains how Gospel frugality is lived in each state of life.