2013-10-08T15:54:59-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/poor/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11694 2013-10-08T15:54:59-05:00 Love the easy way these photographers can bless people in disadvantaged communities, and give them dignity, by taking family portraits: watch 1:20 video http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11425 2013-08-14T11:36:38-05:00 Lessons here – and laughs – for any communicator in any medium. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-way-to-your-fathers-heart-6658 2012-07-18T11:19:15-05:00 Put your money, your time, mobilize your church to do something about needy people wherever they are, not just long distance loving. I'm talking about getting your hands dirty, personal involvement, family involvement. Teach your kids how to have a heart for the poor. Work first hand with some less fortunate people; help lift their burden. Do the work of God on earth. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/outrageous-6548 2012-02-15T11:16:45-05:00 God is not deaf to the shattered lives; the anguished cries of a world that sin has devastated. God says today as He said to Moses in Exodus, "I have heard them crying out...I am concerned about their suffering...So I have come down to rescue them." Oh good! God's going to do something about all this hurt and lostness. Yes He is, and He has a plan. Listen to the next verse, "So, now, go. I am sending you" (Exodus 3:7-10 ). http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5916 2011-10-12T11:07:52-05:00 Professor Sugata Mitra is the Indian academic who allowed poor Indian children to work out computers for themselves. But here's the challenge. For those kids who will have a web connection through these cheap tablets (or any other route), where will they find evangelistic material that is contextualized for their own culture, language and religion, and assumes they have zero Christian knowledge? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2082:3&version=NIV 2009-10-02T14:42:12-05:00 The Bible teaches repeatedly that Christians are to work to make sure that the poor and oppressed find the justice that is their right. Elsewhere in the Bible, God states that He values this more than religious ceremonies or rituals. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%208:1-5&version=NIV 2009-09-27T21:21:05-05:00 Paul praises one of the early Christian communities for giving beyond their means--despite their own financial difficulties, they did not hesitate to give what they had to those in need. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2014:31&version=NIV 2009-09-20T18:12:19-05:00 God has a special concern for the poor and downtrodden. Nobody who oppresses or abuses the needy will escape God's anger. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2025:35&version=NIV 2009-09-18T13:36:47-05:00 One of the themes common throughout the entire Bible is the importance of caring for the poor and downtrodden. This passage from Leviticus is mirrored in countless other places in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jas.1.27&version=NIV 2009-07-20T13:12:58-05:00 Both the Old and New Testaments contain many exhortations to care for widows and orphans. Widows and orphans have been cut off from the rest of society and lack the family support structures that the rest of us enjoy. We live in a culture different from that of ancient Israel, but we are still obligated to help those on the fringes of society.