Caring For The Poor Quotes

• Caring for the poor is one natural overflow and a necessary evidence of the presence of Christ in our hearts. If there is no sign of caring for the poor in our lives, then there is reason to at least question whether Christ is in our hearts.

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  David Platt

  Heart   Caring   Christ  

  3546

• So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church.

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  David Platt

  Selfish   Caring   Social Taboos  

  2982

• By assigning his political rights to the state the individual also delegates his social responsibilities to it: he asks the state to relieve him of the burden of caring for the poor precisely as he asks for protection against criminals. The difference between pauper and criminal disappears - both stand outside society.

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  Hannah Arendt

  Responsibility   Caring   Rights  

  2721

• Faithfully caring for the poor and needy is a reflection of spiritual maturity.

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  Dean M. Davies

  Spiritual   Caring   Maturity  

  4118

• Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

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  John the Apostle

  Biblical   Tongue   Scripture  

  4354

• If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.

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  Ignatius of Loyola

  Caring   Church   Guilty  

  3286