Recent decades have seen a tremendous increase in Christians' desire to minister in word and deed to the poor. But good intentions are not enough. It is actually possible to hurt the poor in the process of trying to help them. Embracing the good news of the gospel—in its fullest sense—is the essential pre-requisite for us to help the poor without hurting them . . . and ourselves.
One of the final statements in the Bible is, "Behold, I am making all things new!' That sums up what God has always been doing - making the entire world new. The gospel begins the re-creation by transforming people from the inside out. But the transformation doesn't stop until a sample of God's new kingdom is on display throughout whole communities. Transformation is God making people truly new and doing it now.
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