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Topic: Poverty & Wealth

Neither wealth nor poverty guarantees virtue or shame. In God’s economy, both rich and poor are treasured. Each has special challenges and opportunities.

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TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—Poverty & Wealth"
"Care for the Poor in the Weekly Worship of the Early Christians" -- Justin Martyr (c. 114 – c. 165)
"Care for the Socially Vulnerable in Early Church" -- Aristides (2nd century)
"Let Money Be Your Servant" -- Clement of Alexandria (c. 153 - c. 215)
"'Nothing Commends the Christian Soul so Much as Mercy'" -- Ambrose of Milan (c. 339 – 397)
"Abuse Not the Poor" -- Ralph Venning (c. 1622 – 1674)
"The Duty of Giving Money to the Poor" -- Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758)
"A Word to the Rich on Charity" -- George Whitefield (1714 - 1770)
"A Word to the Poor on Charity" -- George Whitefield (1714 - 1770)
"The Emptiness of Robes and Rags" -- Thomas Chalmers (1780 - 1847)
"Did He Really Mean 'Everything?'" -- Thomas Chalmers (1780 – 1847)
"When the Poor Harm the Poor" -- Thomas Chalmers (1780 – 1847)
"Inescapable Inequality?" -- J. C. Ryle (1816 – 1900)
"We Must Consider the Poor!" -- Hudson Taylor (1832 – 1905)
"The Harm Done by Government-to-Government Aid" -- Peter Bauer (1915 – 2002)
"Third World Poverty Is Not a Legacy of Colonialism" -- Peter Bauer (1915 – 2002)
"Indifferent to Inequality?" -- John R. W. Stott (1921 - 2011) public
"The Poor Strangled by Red Tape" -- Hernando de Soto (1941 – )
"The Nobility of Business" -- Wayne Grudem (1948 - )
"Poor Thinking" -- Theodore Dalrymple (1949 – )
"Amos: The Anti-Profit Prophet?" -- David Chilton (1951 - )
"World Poverty and the Lack of Capital" -- John R. Schneider