by Tammy Darling Consider the following statistic provided by Good Measure International: Christians in America spend $20 billion every year on soft drinks while $13 billion a year would feed every starving person in the world. Sobering, isn’t it? According to UNICEF, more than one billion people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, an increase […]
Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly
by Kevin Hamilton With concerns about social and economic justice featured regularly in newscasts and political conversations, church leaders must constantly rethink ways to equip and position the church in this generation. How can the church effectively connect with people for the purpose of introducing them to Jesus? In the spring of 2010 Harvester Christian […]
What the Bible Says about the Poor
by Dr. Bill Patterson When Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you” (Matthew 26:11), his listeners understood. Most of the people of the Bible not only lived in poverty, they had little hope of overcoming it in this world. I once heard a person say, “God must love the poor—he made so […]