How to really help the poor

Dr. Gary Scott Smith
30 Apr 2010
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Most Christians today acknowledge that caring for the poor is a biblical requisite. The primary debate among them is over how we can best fulfill this mandate, which more than 2,000 verses of Scripture prescribe. For example, a group of evangelicals who call themselves “Red Letter Christians” contends that the charitable activities of individuals, churches and parachurch organizations are insufficient to accomplish what God expects us to do to aid the poor and oppressed. These mostly politically liberal Christians argue, therefore, that the government must partner with the church to help the poor in ways that go beyond the sacrificial […]

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How Christian were the founders Madison and Jefferson?

Dr. Gary Scott Smith
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A recent article in The New York Times Magazine, titled “How Christian Were the Founders?,” has evoked extensive discussion. So has the decision of the Texas State Board of Education to include more religious content in social studies books. That decision is what inspired the magazine article in the first place. Because of our country’s complex history and its current religious and ideological pluralism, this question has provoked great controversy. Confusion about – and misunderstanding of – the founders’ religious beliefs abound. Some assert that almost all the founders were evangelical Christians, while others insist that virtually all of them […]

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