Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible DoesPoverty is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor--it is a theme deeply woven throughout the Bible. Yet sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this emphasis, or they have been paralyzed into inaction by feelings of helplessness. In this urgent, provocative book, Ash Barker offers both challenge and hope. Pulling out and reflecting on significant passages from both testaments, he reveals what the Bible says about both the nature of poverty and about how God calls his people to respond. These studies, ideal for either individual or small group use, are interlaced with personal reflections--first-hand accounts from fifteen years of ministry among the poor. |
Contents
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Moses the Exodus and Courage to Face | 28 |
Hebrew Laws and Always Having Poverty | 50 |
Hebrew Poetry and the Awesome Truth | 64 |
Prophetic MinistryRadical Hope from the Margins | 83 |
The Gospels and Messianic Transformations | 112 |
Standing Against Poverty | 136 |
Letters from Jail and Other Tough Places | 158 |
Last Things and the Things That | 179 |
Will We Make Poverty Personal? | 194 |
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Make Poverty Personal: Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does Ash Barker No preview available - 2009 |
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