Tag: Poverty

The Poorest of the Poor

The Lord has commanded us to assist the poor. This is not an option. How shall we do it? One of the paradoxical results of obsessive political agitation is that it makes political discussions almost impossible. Imagine someone on a sickbed, afflicted with a disease that makes the lightest touch upon the skin feel like a thorn or a lighted […]

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Five Poverty Busters You Should Know

Why? Because research shows they are making a real difference (photo / taimoor) As a
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The Christian Case for Not Giving Up on the World’s Most Fragile State

COURTESY OF WORLD VISION / JOHN WARREN   Jeremy Weber in Juba, South Sudan/ October 5, 2015 Why World Vision and local Christian leaders remain hopeful about South Sudan. South Sudan is the kind of place where a sermon anecdote about gunfire draws hearty laughter. The sound of a firearm is such an everyday occurrence that South Sudanese only question […]

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