Sentences with phrase «care for the poor»

Just do a quick check of how much money our government spends on things like after school care, health care for poor children, and subsidies for oil companies.

They have modeled the Christian practice of caring for the poor and learning to recognize and oppose oppression.

And they might even do a little to undermine the myth that conservatives don't care for the poor.

Instead, he led by example in caring for the poor, the elderly, the sick and not passing judgment on others.

While holding on to our different beliefs about theology, we can still find common ground in what our sacred texts say about caring for the poor.

I suggest that we consider habitual care for the poor as another important discipline, that we make it a routine part of our Christian life and practice.

The project offers free medical care for poor patients two days per week at the hospital.

There are thousands of churches who have offering plates who care for the poor and have the poor among their membership, in case you didn't know that.

The difficulty with caring for the poor of course is that if you take care of them too much they have little motivation to improve their economic situation.

I like that they emphasize caring for the poor and sick over sitting in conferences and arguing over theology.

Also, if your fast includes a change in diet or spending habits, consider donating money you saved to an organization that helps care for the poor.

When it comes to caring for the poor however, the facts say otherwise.

But the book itself doesn't so much argue against school reform as highlight promising interventions for the under - five set, from prenatal care for poor mothers to rigorous preschool programs.

What inspired you to focus on health care for the poor?

Does it say anything about caring for the poor, helping the sick, or standing against oppression?

He was known for leaving presents for the children in his village, and for caring for the poor and unfortunate.

The county's mandated responsibility in covering costs associated with care for poor and uninsured patients through the hospital and its nursing facility are expected to be higher than estimated.

«We applaud Sen. Akaka and his supporters for stepping up to preserve crucial health care for poor women and families.»

Anyway, this is the person our supposedly faithful Catholic nuns who only, according to Garry Wills, want to do good things like caring for the poor, if only that bullying, brutish, bad ol' Vatican would let them, have invited to lead them in their annual meeting.

And my grandfather was a doctor who lived just fine while caring for the poor and ailing.

If you read his parable about the sheep and goats, it's easy to walk away with the impression that eternal life rests entirely upon whether or not a person cares for the poor.

By the way are they going to shelter and care for the poor dogs Michael Vick tortured so they will not have to be euthanized?

he no longer cared for the poor, but tried to teach them not to be pure and if they didn't get it they were cast out.

The only question is whether a particular society has enough of the faithful to care for its poor so as not to have the charitable vocation usurped by the state, at which point it is no longer a Christian society.

A faithful Christian cares for the poor, end of story.

prioritizes care for the poor as essential to the mission of the Church and provides opportunities to serve the community

You didn't come right out and make a false dichotomy between governments providing a baseline economic security for citizens and churches caring for the poor, but you come pretty close.

Hey Fred Riek, interesting that you state «having BEEN Catholic, they're all in it for the money...» Oh yeah, that Mother Theresa (a Catholic) she was really living the high life caring for the poor and cast - offs on the streets.

The Church simply can't take care of all of society's needs, so part of caring for the poor requires that we are to be the conscience of the state.

Do you think our nuns should be spending more time fighting contraception and less time caring for the poor and the sick?

Aunt Shine once told me, «No one cared for our poor students like we did.»

They operate out of Jacksonville, Florida and have an all volunteer staff, who care for these poor souls until an adoption is possible.

The play ends with Jesus (played by the pastor) reminding the audience that Jesus (the real thing) is indeed Lord of all and that if we follow him by caring for the poor and working for justice, we can provide the world with little snapshots of what is to come.

To serve as a reminder TO CHRISTIANS that God cared for the poor BEFORE Christ existed.

We'll be able to care for the poor because we don't have to «spend thousands to showcase our Sunday meeting».

The End of Charity: How Christians Are Not to Care for the Poor Stanley Hauweras, ABC Religion & Ethics

Donating to symphonies, universities, etc. should be secondary in a Christian's interest to obeying Christ's command to physically care for the poor in a way that clearly ties such care to an understanding of Christ's love.

There is plenty of misery here, for which «pro-lifers» are answerable, largely because of their policy of denying clinical care for poor women.

However his touted care for the poor is sticking his hands in anothers pockets rather than his own.

He seems to genuinely care for the poor and downtrodden.

The early followers care for the poor, heal the sick, suffer for preaching the gospel, care for outsiders and sort out their theological differences in civilised council (sometimes, anyway).

Now, I have a general aversion to slapping down a bunch of verses and using them to make a point, but I really see care for the poor, on a national level, as an important and prevalent theme throughout the Bible.

In the church at Jerusalem, care for the poor assumed the radical form of a community of goods!

He has practically been given minor prophet status in some circles and, with a reputation for seriously practising what he preaches in terms caring for the poor, he could potentially be... well, annoying.

But I also believe that social justice is important given the systemic disadvantages in our country; heterosexual divorce is probably more detrimental than gay marriage; caring for the poor goes a long way toward reducing the «felt need» for abortion; and that setting Biblical morality up as civil law is probably not the way to go in a pluralistic society...

The money the church received was primarily used to care for the poor among them, not to provide a salary to teachers / preachers.