Silly woman! God commands us to care for the poor. That is a command of God.
HOW we care for the poor mixes theology with politics. Some say the government should do it, having more resources. I say WE - individuals - are commanded to do it, and the fewer taxes the government takes, the more I have to give. As an Anglican Bishop pointed out, you cannot give to the poor if the government has taken everything you have...
The same holds true of the environment. We are to use the earth wisely - but that has nothing to do with Global Warming, or campaigns against nuclear power. Those are political agendas, and not needed inside the Church.
I re-read the article and don’t see anything about her support of the theory of global warming.
I think this is one area where we definitely agree.
Christ told the young rich man to sell all he had and give the money to the poor.
He did not say sell all he had and give the money to Caesar, so that Caesar could give it to the poor.
I agree with you.
We think that Jesus commanded us to help the poor, sick, widows, orphans, destitute and needy so that we might be a blessing in their lives and lift them up, but that is not why Jesus commanded us to it. While it is true that we become a blessing in other's lives by helping them the true blessings are meant for us.
God does not need us to help those in need. He could easily do it Himself. God wants us to help the needy because in doing so we grow and mature spiritually and we grow relationally to each other.
So when the government forces us to pay to help the needy they are robbing us of our blessings.
Correct. When Jesus said "feed my sheep" (John 21:16-17), he wasn't speaking to the government.