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What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, Christian minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation!
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God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions.
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It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation.
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Advertisers regularly con us into believing that we genuinely need one luxury after another. We are convinced that we must keep up with or even go one better than our neighbors. So we buy another dress, sports jacket or sports car and thereby force up the standard of living. The ever more affluent standard of living is the god of twentieth century North America and the adman is its prophet.
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It is not because food, clothes and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is because others are starving. Creation is good. But the one who gave us this gorgeous token of his affection has asked us to share it with our sisters and brothers.
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In many parts of the Bible Belt, the divorce rate was discovered to be roughly 50 percent above the national average.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Ron Sider
Born:
September 17, 1939
Died:
July 27, 2022
(aged 82)
Bio:
Ronald James Sider was a Canadian-born American theologian and social activist. He was often identified by others with the Christian left even if he personally disclaims any political inclination.
Known for:
Just generosity (1999)
The scandal of evangelical politics (2008)
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