[Big Red Badger]

Thanks

[Texas Eagle]

Thanks for posting this. It says somewhere in The Bible something along the lines of, "If a man doesn't work, he shouldn't eat."

I worked at a church for years that allowed young, able-bodied men to sit around all day and do nothing all in the name of compassion. I argued we were treating them like pets. We gave them a room in a modular or in a trailer that they sat in all day with the AC set for 63 during the summer and the heat set for 80 in the winter. We fed them. We paid their way to conferences and other gatherings.

We did tell them they couldn't smoke in their rooms or trailers. So they would stand across the street at the entrance of the church property to smoke. That looked great.

[ifinnegan]

“Jesus was the son of a laborer, and was a laborer himself (Mark 6:3).”

Yes.

“Jesus had callouses on his hands. He had strong muscles from swinging the hammer, pushing the saw, and shoving the plane. He sweated. He picked slivers out of his fingers.”

Which verses say these things?

[metmom]

If a man will not work he should not eat.

[HarleyD]

Let's not forget the commandment:

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.