Make poverty personal
Subtitle: taking the poor as seriously as the Bible does
By: Ash Barker.
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801071898
Subjects: Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Poverty -- Biblical teaching; Church work with the poor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: Beyond excuses : Moses, the Exodus and courage to face the nature of poverty; title: Hebrew laws and "always having" poverty; title: Hebrew poetry and the awesome truth; title: Prophetic ministry: radical hope from the margins; title: The Gospels and messianic transformations; title: The early church : standing against poverty together; title: Epistles : letters from jail and other tough places of discipleship; title: Apocalypse now : last things and the things that last; title: Final challenge : will we make poverty personal?