Who exactly is responsible to help the poor? Since the poor are everywhere, where should we focus our attempts at poverty alleviation? Rev. Dwight Longenecker reminds readers of...
Acts 2-5 is a provocative passage detailing the narrative of the early church in Jerusalem immediately following Pentecost. This passage is commonly used to determine whether the Bible...
Nearly fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood on Tom Fletcher’s front porch in eastern Kentucky and outlined his “War on Poverty.” He wanted to conquer poverty...
Found in Leviticus 25, the biblical practice of Jubilee is becoming ever more prominent in discussions about justice, poverty, and debt relief. Many evangelical authors mention Jubilee as...
The Bible has a lot to say about poverty and helping others. Proverbs 14:31 tells us, Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is...
How do you bring clean drinking water to remote villages in India? Most people would respond with charity and aid, but Paul Polak started a for-profit business, according...
The New Testament says a lot about the underlying causes of poverty. Does it also have anything to say about poverty’s possible solutions? One might conclude that since...
When we think of ways to fight human trafficking, we often think of nonprofits, churches, and charitable organizations – not businesses. But Elise Hilton at the Acton Institute...
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IFWE’s Weekly Recap – 11.29.13
A recap of what’s happened on the blog this week. What the Five Myths of Jubilee Mean for Poverty Art Lindsley State involvement does not absolve Christians of...