When we accept Christ, we are received into the kingdom of
God and must not just pursue to display our faith, not just by spreading the
word, but by action also. In James
2:18-26 “Faith without works is dead” Matt.
25:35-40 “Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these
my brothers, you did it for me”.
So, the question is how?
We can give directly through our actions, or we can support programs
like the one the author mentions, OXFAM, but I think that we should as
Christians, support Christian based charities such as: Pacific Garden Mission
in Chicago. We can so things like this
for just pennies a day.
Mr. Tinker has written a book, that is teaching us about our
social responsibility as a Christian. He
asks us to explore the thought, is it possible to co-ordinate evangelism and
social action in such a way that it reflects faithfully the pattern of the New
Testament; enabling each to reinforce the other while avoiding the extremes of
exclusive gospel proclamation on the one hand and the collapsing of evangelism
into social action on the other?
This book is written
for the church leader, and covers issues with Biblical texts. He has done a thorough research, and even
gives some personal background in the book.
All in all it is a good book, but I found it was
all information and no illustration, or ways to apply the information.
I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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