Category: poverty
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Analyzing the Church’s Commitment to the Its Calling
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman (Christian clergyman, author, and activist) Analyze where the Christian church stands today. Take an honest look at the standing of one of the most treasured…
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8But you must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. 9Be fair and give justice to the poor and homeless – Proverbs 31:8-9 (CEV) We all should question ourselves. We must answer for what we do and we fail to do. I love the opening chapter of The Street Lawyer by John Grisham,…
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Intensify Inclusion
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.- Galatians 3:28 (NLT) There are some who consider their congregations “open,” but their reality is something entirely different. However, some of the churches that come out of a background of putting…
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Lessons from the Streets
A while back, maybe a year or two, I started working on some poems that told the story about life in the inner city and the urban streets. I began to conjure up poems and vignettes about the streets in the fashion and style of an Iceberg Slim or Donald Goines. I started crafting…
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A Prosperity Problem
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. . . Mark 14:39 (ESV) Things are out of balance. The poor seem to continue to get poorer. Look at what the government is telling us about our national deficit and bailouts as well as restructuring organizations…
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Follow Your Trea$ure Trail
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.- Matt. 6:21 I am trying to get some things in order as I continue my walk in Christ. That’s a given for most of us who profess to believe in Christ. Money is somewhere near the top of the list of things to get…
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Here I Stand
I stand upon what I know and understand, especially what I believe. I learned to love more since Marley was born as I learned to let go of my grandmother. I lived within means and then below my means in order to keep things afloat. My wife shared her grief and frustration, and I offered…
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Inspired by God
I am honestly inspired by God as I prepare for an unconventional sermon today. Street preaching, as many will agree, requires one to say what needs to be said and shut up and get out of the way. The Lord will lead you further once you get started, but He gives you enough to get…
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What Will We Do?
More Bob Marley lyrics and video You may think that the whole Rasta movement only speaks of smoking kaya and sporting dreads, but Bob Marley offers something real that we all must ponder. What do we do about the poor? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sought equality for the poorest of people. Rev. Jesse Jackson…