The more consistently we read Scripture, the more we see certain themes being repeated. This is not simply a matter of literary style – these recurring themes are one of the clearest pictures of God’s heart on display! A running motif from the very beginning of God’s relationship with His people is that they are to care for the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the foreigners. Jumping to the New Testament, Jesus spoke on that time and time again, in both words and actions! The more we study the early church, the more we see them living that passion out to a degree that turned the known world upside down. Somewhere in the past thousand years or so, we’ve gotten away from that. This is not a new issue. So the question today is not “should we care about the poor?” but “how are we going to care for the poor?”. There is no one cookie cutter answer, but together with Founding Pastor Rick Duncan we are going to dive into how we can best care for others, for those made in the image of God, and take our own next steps in loving others the way God loves us! Let all we do be done for His glory and our good!