Make poverty personal : taking the poor as seriously as the Bible does /

Barker, Ash,

Make poverty personal : taking the poor as seriously as the Bible does / [print] Ash Barker. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)2009. - 203 pages ; 22 cm.



Beyond excuses : Moses, the Exodus and courage to face the nature of poverty -- Hebrew laws and "always having" poverty -- Hebrew poetry and the awesome truth -- Prophetic ministry: radical hope from the margins -- The Gospels and messianic transformations -- The early church : standing against poverty together -- Epistles : letters from jail and other tough places of discipleship -- Apocalypse now : last things and the things that last -- Final challenge : will we make poverty personal?



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Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Poverty--Biblical teaching.
Church work with the poor.

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