When Helping Hurts Quotes

“... work is an act of worship. When people seek to fulfill their callings by glorifying God in their work, praising Him for their gifts and abilities, and seeing both their efforts and its products as an offering to Him, then work is an act of worship to God. On the other hand, when work is done to glorify oneself or merely to achieve more wealth, it becomes worship of false gods. How we work and for whom we work really matters.”
― Brian Fikkert

“Poverty is rooted in broken relationships, so the solution to poverty is rooted in the power of Jesus' death and resurrection to put all things in right relationship again.”
― Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts

“Poverty alleviation occurs when the power of Christ's resurrection reconciles our key relationships through the transformation of both individual lives and local, national, and international systems.”
― Brian Fikkert, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself

“until we embrace our mutual brokenness, our work with low-income people is likely to do far more harm than good.”
― Steve Corbett, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself