Tag Archives: poverty

Jesus was a refugee

              “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Matthew 8:20 We are stardust; we are golden, and we’ve got to get ourselves … Continue reading

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‘Undifferent’

In his new book, God At Work: A Testimony of Prophecy, Provision and People amid Poverty, our own Catch MemberPartner, Drew Snider, tells the story of how he almost tripped over a pile of clothing on skid row in Vancouver, … Continue reading

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Caring about justice in 2017

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. (Proverbs 29:7) A quick perusal of the use of the word “justice” in the Bible reveals something that is key to the nature of God. … Continue reading

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Jesus: Heaven’s Refugee

“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Matthew 8:20 We are stardust; we are golden                           … Continue reading

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The rest of the gospel

For the better part of fifty years now, we’ve been preaching half a gospel. Not that anything we’ve been saying is wrong, it’s more about what we’ve been leaving out. To be sure, we’ve started with the fall — with … Continue reading

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No more bars

I’m going to just have to spend one more day on the women at the Susan Burton home we visited last Saturday in the Watts area of Los Angeles. They are so inspiring. I wish you all could have been … Continue reading

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