The Four Levels of Charity

Ancient Hebrew wisdom describes four levels of charity. The highest level is to provide a job for one in need without his knowledge that you provided ...

Rescue of Seven-year-old Girl Focuses Amy Carmichael's Mission

In 1901 a seven-year-old Indian girl named Preena escaped from a Hindu temple and sought refuge with a Christian named Amy Carmichael, a young woman who ...

How Justification by Faith Transforms Lives and Communities

One day theologian Miroslav Volf was visiting a friend who pastors a church in Sandtown, a desperately poor and dangerous neighborhood in Baltimore. As ...

Homeless Woman Demonstrates Generosity

In the book God So Loved, He Gave, Justin L. Borger shares a story about a homeless woman who lived under a bridge in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. ...

Max Lucado Shares a Meal with a Homeless Man

A few months ago I was sitting at the red light of a busy intersection when I noticed a man walking toward my car. He stepped off the curb, bypassed several ...

How Biblical Shalom Resembles a Beautiful Fabric

In a sermon entitled The Beauty of Biblical Justice, pastor Timothy Keller defines the biblical concept of shalom as universal flourishing, wholeness, ...

Bishop Tutu Says the Bible Subverts Injustice

"There's nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible. If you want ...

Early Church Leaders on Giving to the Poor

Ambrose (theologian and church leader, 4th century) wrote: "There is your brother, naked and crying! And you stand confused over the choice of an ...

Missionaries Learn Valuable Lesson in Language School

Anglican priest and author Michael Green shares the following story to remind us of the impact of our actions long before our words:

I read about a missionary ...

Church Gives Away Half-Million Dollars in Economic Crisis

Like many churches in 2009, Cross Timbers Community Church (Argyle, Texas) has seen an offering slump because of the economic crisis. Though this has ...