God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions.
Ronald J. SiderStichwörter: truth wealth religion bible oppression poverty confession orthodox poor neglect creeds rituals god-s-word
It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation.
Ronald J. SiderStichwörter: education wealth food sin christian poverty hunger brotherhood health-care abomination accumulating-wealth
Money as the sole ambition has no value.
Habeeb AkandeStichwörter: money wealth ambition value purpose-of-life
As believers, we all have the responsibility to leverage our wealth for kingdom purposes.
Andy StanleyStichwörter: wealth christianity responsibility stewardship giving believers
Here's a scary thought: What if God called you to give beyond your comfort level? Would you be afraid? Would you try to explain it away or dismiss it as impractical? And in the process, would you miss out on a harvest opportunity for which God had explicitly prospered you in the first place?
Andy StanleyStichwörter: fear seeds wealth god crazy stewardship illogical giving comfort afraid prosperity explain scary planting harvest comfort-zone impractical
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
EpicurusStichwörter: happiness wealth philosophy desire epicureanism pythocles
When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!
John WesleyStichwörter: wealth stewardship industry charity giving sharing prosperity judas-iscariot trustworthy
Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life.
Piero GheddoStichwörter: happiness compassion empathy rich wealth christianity serenity suffering understanding selfishness motivation poverty possessions attachment giving sharing attention poor neighbor welcoming
The bread which you hold back belongs to the hungry; the coat, which you guard in your locked storage-chests, belongs to the naked; the footwear mouldering in your closet belongs to those without shoes. The silver that you keep hidden in a safe place belongs to the one in need. Thus, however many are those whom you could have provided for, so many are those whom you wrong.
Basil the GreatStichwörter: compassion wealth poverty stewardship hunger sharing poor stealing naked
It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.
Flannery O'ConnorStichwörter: rich wealth writing contentment write writer concern poor ficton
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