Gage Jordan

“change the man’s conditions before you change the man. Thank God, the Gospel can change the man in spite of the conditions.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Walking with God Day by Day: 365 Daily Devotional Selections

“Cities are not only diverse culturally, but also socioeconomically. In urban settings, in a one-mile area, one can see extreme poverty intertwined with extreme wealth. This disparity can result in an “us” versus “them” mentality. People naturally form identities in groups according to their economic status. And these groups, living side by side, live in a state of conflict.”
― Dhati Lewis, Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City

“My friends, one of the most glorious things I have ever seen is a man who has become a Christian in the slums and then, though remaining in the same place, has transformed his home and house there. You need not”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Walking with God Day by Day: 365 Daily Devotional Selections

“The United States, despite an active ideology that preaches equality, in fact has the most unequal distribution of wealth of any industrialized nation (Philips, 1988). The top one percent of the population controls over 70 percent of the wealth, and the top 5 percent control over 90 percent.9”
― Dhati Lewis, Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City