Make Poverty Personal

by Barker, Ash

• ISBN13: 9780801071898
• ISBN10: 0801071895
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Poverty is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor--it is a theme deeply woven throughout the Bible. Yet sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this emphasis, or they have been paralyzed into inaction by feelings of helplessness.In this urgent, provocative book, Ash Barker offers both challenge and hope. Pulling out and reflecting on significant passages from both testaments, he reveals what the Bible says about both the nature of poverty and about how God calls his people to respond. These studies, ideal for either individual or small group use, are interlaced with personal reflections--first-hand accounts from fifteen years of ministry among the poor.

Author Biography

Ash Barker is the founding director of Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH), a missionary order working among the poor begun in Melbourne, Australia, in 1993. Since 2002, Ash and his family have been serving in Klong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok, Thailand, planting UNOH's first overseas community. He is the author of Surrender All and Finding Life.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 13
Introduction	p. 15
Beyond Excuses: Moses, the Exodus, and Courage to Face the Nature of Poverty	p. 28
Hebrew Laws and "Always Having" Poverty	p. 50
Hebrew Poetry and the Awesome Truth	p. 64
Prophetic Ministry-Radical Hope from the Margins	p. 83
The Gospels and Messianic Transformations	p. 112
The Early Church: Standing Against Poverty Together	p. 136
Epistles: Letters from Jail and Other Tough Places of Discipleship	p. 158
Apocalypse Now: Last Things and the Things That Last	p. 179
Final Challenge: Will We Make Poverty Personal?	p. 194
Bibliography	p. 201
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