Kevin DeYoung has been writing an interesting series on seven key passages about the poor and social justice. Here he gives some concluding remarks and gives two warnings. Don’t undersell or oversell what the Bible says about this.

“The apostles, for their part, spoke against greed and the love of money and encouraged God’s people in sacrificial generosity. And then there’s Genesis 1 and Psalm 8 where we see that every human being is made in God’s image, possessing inherent worth and dignity. This alone is reason enough to care for our fellow man…Tim Keller is right: ministering to the poor is a crucial sign that we actually believe the gospel.”

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