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“God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.”
― Ronald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity

tags: anger, christianity, god, outrage, poor, prophets, taking-advantage, worship, wrath

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“It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation.”
― Ronald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity

tags: abomination, accumulating-wealth, brotherhood, christian, education, food, health-care, hunger, poverty, sin, wealth

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“What does it mean to see the Lord of the universe lying by the roadside starving and walk by on the other side? We cannot know. We can only pledge, in fear and trembling, not to kill him again.”
― Ronald Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity

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“God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions.”
― Ronald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity