Wednesday, December 05, 2012

A Challenge to Charitable Christians

http://theologicalsushi.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-challenge-to-charitable-christians.html

2 comments:

  1. "I'm saying that the Bible seems to indicate that we are only to help out other Christians with our limited resources."

    Steve, is that your position as well?

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    1. I think that's somewhat overstated. However, he has a point. Since there will always be needy believers and unbelievers, you can't provide for both without depriving one or the other. So it's a question of priorities.

      However, there are situations in which it would be appropriate to help out an unbeliever. Maybe he's a relative. Suppose your mother or brother is the needy unbeliever?

      Or maybe he's your best friend from high school, before you got saved. There's a debt of friendship.

      Or maybe you're befriending an unbeliever as an act of friendship evangelism.

      I think we should avoid indiscriminate charity.

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