Like, widows and orphans don't seem to be starving because BlackRock has to pay slightly higher bid / ask spreads to trade bonds.
But the fact that I have a Christian duty to care for, say, widows and orphans doesn't require that I support any old government program that does that.
Not exact matches
Actually, yes you can know that what was
done there pleased the Lord because he tells us that the religion that He finds to be pleasing is to take care of
widows and orphans.
Because they (attempt to) care for
widows,
orphans, the homeless, the addicted
and spend millions of dollars
and travel thousands of miles to find people who
do not any type of access to the gospel
and translate the Bible into their native language, or build schools
and hospitals as well as churches their witness
and their faith is nullified because they (wrongfully) dismiss porn stars
and the people trying to reach them?
Instead of perpetuating a world of violence, Isaiah proposes a vision that demands a reality that requires peacemaking:
doing good, seeking justice, rescuing the oppressed, defending the
orphan and pleading for the
widow.
Instead of perpetuating a world of violence, Isaiah proposes a vision that demands another reality — a reality that requires peacemaking:
doing good, seeking justice, rescuing the oppressed, defending the
orphan and pleading for the
widow.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle
and for his
widow and his
orphan, to
do all which may achieve
and cherish a just
and a lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations.
It has to
do with «a dynamic concept» (Jeromias, 1974: 121) which indicates a divine sovereignty that
does not consist in handing down impartial verdicts but in the protection that the king ensures is given to the weak
and the poor, to
widows and orphans,
and not so much with a particular place or abstract idea.
Learn to
do good, seek justice, strengthen the robbed, perform justice for the
orphan,
and plead the case of the
widow.
It
does this first by having the patience amid the injustice
and violence of this world to care for the
widow, the poor,
and the
orphan... it is our conviction that unless we take the time for such care neither we nor the world can know what justice looks like.
Above that tableau, the soaring words of the martyred president ring out: «to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle
and for his
widow and his
orphan, to
do all which may achieve
and cherish a just
and lasting peace.»
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard,
do not glean what is left; it shall be for the alien, the
orphan,
and the
widow.
The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness
and mercy to one another;
do not oppress the
widow, the
orphan, the alien, or the poor;
and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
When you beat your olive trees,
do not strip what is left; it shall be for the alien, the
orphan,
and the
widow.
To many, my opinion, try to revolutionize the Church
and forget the commission to go to the poor, the lost, the prisoners, the
widows and the
orphans and love them as Christ
did.
God is very sensitive to the needs of
widows and orphans and those who CAN NOT
do for themselves.
The definitely don't want to follow Him into the world, to serve the poor
and homeless, to look after
orphans and widows in their distress, to live among «the least of these,» to show love, grace, mercy,
and forgiveness to the outcast, the rejected,
and the abused, to make friends with the «tax - collectors
and sinners» of our day.
My current ministry is taking care of
widows and orphans, ministering to those with drug & alcohol problems — in other words
doing what the true God would want; not going after the civil rights of millions of Americans — we need to keep church separated from hate —
and stop trying to deny civil rights based on perceived religious doctrine.
On the other hand we have seen a great (
and more successful) national leader say, while war still raged: «With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle,
and for his
widow and his
orphan — to
do all which may achieve
and cherish a just,
and a lasting peace, among ourselves,
and with all nations.»
And that pretty much switched me over to pragmatic theology: what
do I
do with my own hands for the poor, the
widow, the
orphan, the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless, the sick, the prisoner?
You don't have to look far to find the needy,
widows, the displaced, the unemployed
and orphans.
We solemnly vote about whether we stand with Leviticus, wherein holiness has to
do with sexual regulation, or with Deuteronomy, wherein holiness has to
do with concern for justice for
widows,
orphans and immigrants.
Also, we must help out the poor, the
orphans,
and the
widows (just to name a few),
and when we
do, we combine that with the giving of the gospel because regardless of their physical needs, we recognize that there is an even greater need —
and that one is spiritual in nature.
In the first two chapters of the letter, James points out instances of hypocrisy When we say we have faith but
do not care for the
widow and orphan, what kind of faith are we confessing?
I don't see how we can care for the stranger, the
orphan or the
widow by using trickle - down economics.Once the pastor is paid
and then the staff
and then the mortgage
and then improvements
and the technical equipment
and the roof repaired
and so on
and so forth, THEN we will hopefully have enough left - over to give to the stranger, the
orphan and the
widow.
Many Christians believe that caring for
orphans and widows is primarily a married person's job; however, single Christians can get involved in what God is
doing around the globe to meet the needs of the fatherless in many ways.
One other thing you need to
do is make sure you have turned off
widow and orphan control.
If you want to not have your pages end two lines early on some pages, then make sure you tell your formatter that you don't want to set
widows and orphans at the default setting (Note: I set mine to 1, so this is what you can tell your formatter you want yours to be if your taste matches mine).
We might
do a separate pass, using the search function to look for recurring errors,
and then we'll
do a «page - through» to ensure that we've addressed
widows and orphans and word breaks (print books only).
It's easier than laying out print books (which I also
do and have
done for twenty years) because you don't have to fuss over
widows and orphans and kerning
and stuff.
It doesn't require us to worry about hyphenation or come up with a policy for how to handle
widows and orphans.
Those poor little
widows and orphans of type, always getting left behind by those who don't know any better.
We have to
do typesetting, check hyphenation, choose between
widows and orphans versus squared - up pages, etc..
Most likely the creditors will catch on (most already have) since as the Ninth Circuit noted in the Espinosa decision in describing the creditors, «we aren't talking here about destitute
widows and orphans, or people who don't speak English or can't afford a lawyer.»
They didn't rob a bank or swindle
widows and orphans, but they themselves, not just their «conduct,» were dishonest.
Also didn't know about
widows and orphans!