Jesus never says to the poor: “come find the church,” but he says to those of us in the church: “go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.”
– Tony Campolo –
Church’s Concern with the Poor – Howard Synder
The church’s concern for and identification with the poor are sure signs of its faithfulness to the Kingdom and are often signs of fundamental renewal.
– Howard A. Synder –
Let Us Remember … – Athanasius
Let us remember the poor, and not forget kindness to strangers; above all, let us love God with all our soul, and might, and strength, and our neighbour as ourselves.
– Athanasius –
(296-373 AD)
Nothing But Money – Billy Sunday
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
– Billy Sunday –
1862–1935
October 28, 2014
You had better be a poor man and a rich Christian, than a rich man and a poor Christian. You had better do anything, bear anything, and be anything rather than be a dwarf in grace.
– Thomas Brooks –
November 21, 2011
Charity—giving to the poor—is an essential part of Christian morality. . . . I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than is comfortable. In other words, if our expenditures on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc. is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving too little.
– C. S. Lewis –
Mere Christianity