Friday, September 22, 2017

If You Don’t Care for the Poor, You Don’t Understand the Gospel


Karl Marx famously called Christianity the opiate of the people, but I think it’s actually the smelling salts. Because when you really understand God’s grace, you wake up to injustice and you are moved by compassion.

The reverse is true, as well: When you are blind to the needs of the poor, it raises the question of whether or not you’ve actually ever believed the gospel, because you are unaware of your own pressing need for God’s merciful attention to you in your sin. Read More

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