As we have worked our way through Generous Justice I have been inspired. Keller shares several stories throughout the book of different individuals doing justice and about ways to bring justice to those who need it. His stories peeked my [...]
I remember hearing a story in the spring of 2011 during the Arab Spring in Egypt about a group of Christians surrounding a group of praying Muslims in order to “protect” them from violence during their prayer time. A short [...]
Have you ever started a project that seemed to never end? You start out with such excitement and satisfaction, ready to give it all you have. With a dream in mind you are motivated and driven to do it. But [...]
We all want to help people. We all want to make a positive impact in someone else’s life, especially if that person is hurting physically, emotionally, or spiritually. The danger is that sometimes this desire to help others can manifest [...]
Help the needy or evangelize? Which is more important? Is one superior to the other? It’s a question that believers around the world wrestle with. In Asia most Christians tend to believe that evangelism is key, anything else is a distraction. [...]
In chapter five of Generous Justice, Keller writes: Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3), and most scholars over the centuries have understood that God’s blessing and salvation come to those who “acknowledge spiritual bankruptcy”…. What if, [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to get motivated to serve the poor. As Keller points out in Chapter 5 of Generous Justice, most people know they should share with others and help the poor, but they lack the motivation. So how do [...]
God gave us our house. Really. My ownership of our current house is a set of miracles that is hard to believe. It started from the day we decided to sell our old apartment. We looked at the calendar and [...]
Helping the ‘undeserving’ can be difficult at times. Like Glynka stated on Wednesday, “It is natural, if I think I kind of deserve good things, to think that people who “got themselves into a mess” are getting what they deserve [...]
The problem is, I grew up in church. I raised my hand to receive Jesus when I was five years old. And, yeah, a few more times after that just to make sure it stuck. Have you ever been jealous [...]
