Edward Alexander Lawrence, Congregationalist pastor, says our giving resembles Christ’s life. It brings us into sympathy with Christ’s redeeming work. Christ had joy at the work set before him.
Do we want credit for “sympathy with Christ’s work” without any sympathy for neighbor? Can charitable service seem a box we check off with exasperation until can get back to real imitation of Christ?
How can you enjoy the joy set before us?
William Arnot, Scottish minister, writes on the Good Samaritan from Luke 10. The Samaritan helps an cultural and religious adversary. The parable draws us away from asking exactly who is deserving, and asks if you’ll do the same.
A few years back some conservative preachers were upset that “kindness” had become associated with Christian virtues.
How can you answer Arnot’s question?
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Anthony Farindon, Anglican minister, speaks of duties to each other. He sees many “spectacles” every day. Just as there are “naked and miserable” people, so to the church is “naked and miserable” if missing its prior “ornament” of peerless charity.
Today do we instead view charity as a distraction, would we object to blaming Christians for homelessness?
How can we retain the shock at the “spectacle” and be inspired to action?
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Greg Johnson
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