Explicit and pervasive, that’s how I describe what the Bible says about widows and orphans.
Ministry to Widows
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Churches are responsible to act as overseers for the normal social systems that provide for their widows.
Over the past couple of years I have done some promotional work on Facebook. Lately I’ve focused on promoting a few posts I’ve written for my blog. One post in particular has received an overwhelming response. Here it is: “It’s Time for America’s Churches to Take Their Financial Responsibilities to […]
My recent post, “It’s Time for America’s Churches to Take Their Financial Responsibilities to Widows and Others Seriously,” has received overwhelming support. It’s been downloaded from my site over 20,000 times and shared by over 4,000 people. Now I want to extend the thought in that post. What would it […]
Next Christmas, when you set up your nativity scene, you might consider leaving out the wise men. The reason is because the Bible tells us that the wise men didn’t visit Mary and Joseph and Jesus until about two years after he was born, and when they did, they visited […]
Biblically speaking, churches have a large financial responsibility to its widows Here’s a bold assertion for all Christians to consider – especially pastors: According to the Bible, our churches have a significant long term financial responsibility to their widows and others with long term needs. This is why. It’s no […]
Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:8 Widowhood is all about the experience of overwhelming loss: the loss of a loved one you have spent years nurturing a relationship with, building a home with, raising children with, eating meals with, paying bills with, watching TV with, making love with… And then […]
“Simple things for simple people.” I like that saying because I’m one of those simple people. I don’t like complexity, chaos and confusion. That’s why I make my bed every day. It’s a simple thing I can do to add order to my life. An unmade bed, with blankets, sheets […]
Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they […]
Pastors should encourage charity giving, both to the church benevolence fund, and also directly to individual widows and single moms.