Defending the poor with the love of God
Subtitle: an amazing action story never told about Christian Legal Aid
By: [John R. Robb]
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Human rights; Civil rights; Christian Legal Society; Legal assistance to the poor
Table of contents: title: 1. The surprising birth of Christian Legal Aid-planting the seeds; title: 2. God plants his mustard seed by using an unanticipated divine encounter; title: 3. God lights the Albuquerque holistic fire by the unlikely trio of lawyer, paster and former motorcycle gang leader; title: 4. Sowing seeds of Christian Legal Aid ("CLA") and its "twin sister" Christian Conciliation Service ("CCS"); title: 5. The conception of holistic Christian Legal Aid and Referral Service: the beat of the drums; title: 6. Other pioneering CLA programs of the 1980s and early 90s; title: 7. The early fruits of the womb; title: fuller description of some programs and lessons learned from the 1980s and early 1990s; title: 8. A sneak preview of the CLA story; title: 9. Philadelphia ignites the "new generation" of the CLA programs; title: 10. A lawyer meets the "street people"; title: 11. A CLA "explosion" rocks the new generation; title: 12. The "face" of the new generation-a living profile; title: 13. Real life stories of every day "miracles"; title: 14. The tragic death of a homeless friend; title: 15. Why Christian Legal Aid and does it have a godly priority; title: 16. An ounce of prevention is worth of pound of CLA cure; title: 17. Stars of the Christian Legal Aid; title: 18. God teaches crucial lessons, cases and experiences in his CLA "school": God does the real work; title: 19. God saves lives with his CLA life jackets; title: 20. God keeps the CLA flames spreading widely by using unexpected persons and situations; title: 21. God teaches four vital other lessons including the power of listening with love; title: 22. Erasing records of unneeded charges and convictions; title: the stalking ghosts of the past; title: 23. God reconfirms lawyer "evangelists"; title: 24. God adds more troops and stronger muscles: CLA charges ahead in the second surges of the new generation; title: an avalanche of new programs thunders in 2006-2009; title: 25. Stretching the CLA vision: a recap and fixation of the "unbelievable" number 1000; title: 26. Catapulting into the future: the amazing Christian Legal Aid awakening and the twenty year massive surge (2010-2030); title: Suppl. 1. Other pioneering programs of the 1980s and early 1990s; title: Suppl. 1A. Description and list of the CLS, CLA, and other manuals, publications and the lawyer discipline course; title: Suppl. 2. Other real life stories of every day "miracles"; title: Suppl. 3. The Christian Legal Aid charter (God's concerns and commands); title: Suppl. 4. Erasing records of old convictions; title: Suppl. 5. An avalanche of new CLA programs; title: Suppl. 6. Christian Legal Aid clinics in the CLA network; title: 2009; title: Suppl. 7. Other dynamic growth factors.