By Bill Guerrant on 08/27/2010
In the 4th Century A.D. the Roman emperor Julian was concerned about the spread of Christianity in his empire…He wrote: “Nothing has contributed to the progress of the superstition of these Christians as their charity to strangers. The impious Galileans provide not only for their own poor, but for ours as well.”
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Social Justice | Tagged caring for the poor, christian faith, Christians, Church History, embodying our faith, history, Jesus followers, Julian the Apostate, love, margins of empire, mercy, mission, Poverty, Roman empire, Social Justice |
By Arloa Sutter on 07/06/2010
As I have walked for the past eighteen years alongside thousands of men and women who have become homeless…and as I have visited impoverished communities throughout the world, I have discovered…We actually can…find sustainable, manageable ways to make a difference in the lives of the poor…
Posted in Features, Social Justice | Tagged Arloa Sutter, Breakthrough Urban Ministries, caring for the poor, christian faith, compassion, homeless, Jesus, margins, mercy, ministry, Poverty, Social Justice, society, Teresa of Avila, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 05/14/2010
“Acting justly everyday means developing awareness about the problems in the world; it means changing how we shop, how we dress and how we drive; it means starting to see our each and every action as an ethical choice…”
Posted in Book Reviews, Features, Social Justice | Tagged affluence, book review, christian ethics, christian faith, conscious consumerism, Everyday Justice, fair trade, globalization, Intervarsity Press, IVP, julie clawson, Social Justice |
By Jason Fowler on 08/20/2009
I realized that I couldn’t claim to follow Jesus and believe in the Bible unless I integrated justice into my Christian faith. So over the course of the last decade, I’ve been trying to figure out what it means to worship a God who tells us that true worship involves feeding the hungry and releasing the oppressed.
Posted in Features, Interviews, Social Justice | Tagged book, christian ethics of consuming, Intervarsity Press, interview, jesus and justice, julie clawson, Social Justice |
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