Religion & Spirituality
Jesus said the poor we will always have with us (Mrk. 14:7). Yet, throughout scripture, Christians are encouraged, even commanded to consider the poor and take up their cause. Proverbs 29:7 says, “The righteous considereth the cause of the poor…”. They poor are our neighbor and we are told, by Jesus, to love them as we love ourselves. The world, governments, and unsaved philanthropists have taken up the God given mandate to help the poor through charitable programs and humanitarian pursuits. The United States government itself declared, “war on poverty” in the late 1960’s, creating welfare programs to assist and help those in need. Some of the world’s solutions have helped and are of great benefit and Christians can learn from them. Other solutions, on the other hand, have made the problem worse or may even be counterproductive. In this liverecessionproofnow.com podcast, Part 3 of our series on Poverty in America, we discuss – What the World is Doing Right and Wrong to Address Poverty and What We can Learn from Them.