“If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor. Lay up for yourself treasures in heaven. “. When the people of God have given more to the needy than stored in their 401k’s we will see powerful change. Even achieving the third year special tithe (essentially a 3.3% annual gift) would do wonders. I sadly doubt more was given by Christians to the cause of the oppressed this year than to political candidates.
“I asked participants who claimed to be "strong followers of Jesus" whether Jesus spent time with the poor. Nearly 80 percent said yes. Later in the survey, I sneaked in another question, I asked this same group of strong followers whether they spent time wit the poor, and less than 2 percent said they did. I learned a powerful lesson: We can admire and worship Jesus without doing what he did. We can applaud what he preached and stood for without caring about the same things. We can adore his cross without taking up ours. I had come to see that the great tragedy of the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor.” -Shane Claiborne: Irresistible Revolution
“If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor. Lay up for yourself treasures in heaven. “. When the people of God have given more to the needy than stored in their 401k’s we will see powerful change. Even achieving the third year special tithe (essentially a 3.3% annual gift) would do wonders. I sadly doubt more was given by Christians to the cause of the oppressed this year than to political candidates.
Shame on us. Keep writing and striving brother.
“I asked participants who claimed to be "strong followers of Jesus" whether Jesus spent time with the poor. Nearly 80 percent said yes. Later in the survey, I sneaked in another question, I asked this same group of strong followers whether they spent time wit the poor, and less than 2 percent said they did. I learned a powerful lesson: We can admire and worship Jesus without doing what he did. We can applaud what he preached and stood for without caring about the same things. We can adore his cross without taking up ours. I had come to see that the great tragedy of the church is not that rich Christians do not care about the poor but that rich Christians do not know the poor.” -Shane Claiborne: Irresistible Revolution