Sentences with phrase «side of the poor»

Poor old Hector was on the wrong side of another poor decision this season, when he was taken out by a Stoke defender but got nothing.

Real Madrid have been on the wrong side of some poor decisions this season, and it seems to have got worse recently.

The dark side of poor sleep — exactly what it does to your body (in laymans terms) that makes you fat and sick.

It seems to me that one purpose of the church is to speak truth to those in power, and if it is faithful to that purpose, it will always be on the margins, and it will always come down on the side of the poor, the sick, the lame, and the blind, the widow, the orphan, and the alien.

Jesus was on the side of the poor — in commanding that we share and be compassionate toward the «have - nots» and «have-lesses.»

People who are drawn to the side of the poor come into contact with the foundation of all life.

The Christian is necessarily on the side of the poor — not to incite them to revolution, hatred, and violence, but to plead their cause before the powerful and the authorities.

God is on the side of the poor.

Furthermore, as the World Council would emphasize, she is on the side of the poor.

Cf. Ron Sider, «Is God Really on the Side of the Poor?»

And when rich and the powerful people oppress and enslave, remember that God is on the side of the poor.

And yet we evangelicals insist on the resurrection as a criterion of orthodoxy and largely ignore the equally prominent biblical teaching that God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed.

How biblical is the view that God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed?

Third, when I say that God is on the side of the poor and oppressed, I do not mean that God cares more about the salvation of the poor than the salvation of the rich or that the poor have a special claim to the gospel.

The central biblical doctrines is that God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed.

But I believe that in the coming years millions of us evangelicals will allow the biblical teaching that God is on the side of the poor and oppressed to reshape fundamentally our culturally conditioned theology and our unbiblically one - sided programs and institutions.

The third aspect of the biblical teaching that God is on the side of the poor and oppressed is that the people of God, if they are really the people of God, are also on the side of the poor and oppressed.

In what sense then is God on the side of the poor and oppressed?

The second aspect of the biblical teaching that God is on the side of the poor and oppressed is that he works in history to cast down the rich and exalt the poor.

Finally, when I say that God is on the side of the poor, I do not mean that hermeneutically we must start with some ideologically interpreted context of oppression (for instance, a Marxist definition of the poor and their oppressed situation) and then reinterpret Scripture from that ideological perspective.

I want to argue that one of the central biblical doctrines is that God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed.

By largely ignoring the central biblical teaching that God is on the side of the poor, evangelical theology has been profoundly unorthodox.

Fourth, to say that God is on the side of the poor is not to say that knowing God is nothing more than seeking justice for the poor and oppressed.

But if we do mean it, then we must teach and live, in a world full of injustice and starvation, the important biblical doctrine that God and his faithful people are on the side of the poor and oppressed.

It is much easier in evangelical circles today to insist on an orthodox Christology than on the biblical teaching that God is on the side of the poor.

Before I develop this double thesis, however, I want to outline some things I do not mean when I say that God is on the side of the poor and oppressed.

In Mathew's gospel the dominant theme is the conflict with the powers that be and in Luke we have a picture of Jesus on the side of the poor and other marginalised groups.

Knowing how the Bible paints a picture of a God who is on the side of the poor, I really admire any number of folks who, like my friend David, cast their own lot in with those in need.

If the Church wants to share its life with the world then it must put its weight on the side of the poor and the oppressed.

Cyprian took the side of the poor and the oppressed.

Oh, and the arcade had some of the loudest speakers blasting like a sonic vise on both sides of your poor cranium.