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Do You Remember the Poor? (Galatians 2:9-10)

June 23, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - charity, Galatians, love, poverty

When James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I

Murdering…the Poor? (James 4:2)

September 24, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - charity, James, murder, poverty

Did you know that James accused his readers of murder? Yes—murder! “You lust and do not have; so you commit murder” (James 4:2, emphasis added). Was he being literal or metaphorical? You might think he must be using “murder” metaphorically because believers cannot possibly commit murder. Actually, they can! King David is the prime example