[Terriergal]

I seem to remember doing a word search for both "poor" and "poverty" and getting closer to 200 not 2000. No wonder people need a new Bible for this.

[BenLurkin]

Okay, I’ll speak out against injustice.

It is unjust for the government, any government, to take money form those who are diligent, educated and productive and to give that money to those who are stupid, lazy and ignorant.

[SoConPubbie]

Sounds like just another attempt at trying to use Christianity to support forced charity through government actions.

Christianity has always been solely about the relationship between God and man, not between God, Man, and the government.

God knew that if the heart of man was saved and regenerated, all the rest would naturally follow.

However, if you let unsaved and unregenerated men attempt to do the same thing through the force of government, it will fail every time.

[BlessedBeGod]

...Liberals'
The..^..Poverty and Justice Bible

There. That's better.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Where is the pic of the guy rubbing his head and saying: “Oh no not this $hit again?”

[PeterPrinciple]

Christian leader and commentator Tony Campolo added, “Here’s proof that faith without commitment to justice for the poor is a sham, because it ignores the most explicit of all the social concerns of Scripture.”

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I’ve offered OPPORTUNITY to many people that needed help, but they walked by me for someone who would give them a free handout...................

[Grunthor]

“and His command to believers to act to eradicate them.”

Believers, NOT givernment.

[GoforBroke]

Context is everything especially in the list of what is important. Let’s not forget:

“Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

[HarleyD]

Hmmmm, I wonder if these verses (among others) will be included....

Pro 6:10 "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"--
Pro 6:11 Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.

Pro 13:18 Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored.

Pro 22:16 He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. (Should we give to Rick Warren?)

Rev 2:9 'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

[ZGuy]

Lev 19:15 (NIV) --"Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly."

Don't show partiality to the poor. . . I don't hear that part quoted too often.

[Isara]

They have a well-planned scheme to destroy Christianity, don't they? Is this one of the steps that communists are using to take over the country?

[Thunder Pig]

Kinda reminds me of the ‘Gay Bibles’ I see around Asheville, NC...where Religion must be twisted to fit your political view. So sad.

[BibChr]

Groan

You’re sure this isn’t Scrappleface, or Tom in the Box, or the Onion?

[NonValueAdded]

"Hey, I need it to say this ..."

"Sure, no problem. Let's crank it through this here thesaurus ... shazam! Word count checks out fine."

"Ship it."

[humblegunner]

A lot of poverty can be overcome by getting a dang job.

[joebuck]

I just noticed that at 10:00 History Channel has the documentary “Banned from the Bible” on. I’ve seen it and if you can get by the absolute nonesense spouted by some of the liberal acedemic theologins, (no easy task) there is some good background on the gnostic gospels and other 1st and 2nd century documents that didn’t make it into the cannon. Interesting show from a historical NOT theological perspective.

[cookcounty]

"The Rt. Rev. Dr. Tom Wright, bishop of Durham and Bible Society’s president, said, “Poverty and injustice are two of the biggest issues of our day,"...

....Unlike Pre-Bush days, when Poverty had been extinguished and Justice flowed like mighty rivers.....?

[del4hope]

The only justice we are promised is the justice Jesus will bring upon His return.

[Gamecock]

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Tom Wright

aka N.T. Wright.

One of the key suspects in the New Perspectives on Paul heresy.

[A2J]

Is this abomination from the American Bible Society?

If so, then they've been infiltrated by leftists.

[MEGoody]

The Poverty and Justice Bible, the latest release from Bible Society, has broken new ground as the first ever to literally highlight the more than 2,000 passages that reveal God’s sorrow over poverty and injustice, and His command to believers to act to eradicate them.

Yes, the Lord wants us to do whatever we can to alleviate the suffering of others. I'll repeat. . .He wants US to do it. . .He doesn't want us to relegate it to the government.