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Jacques Saurin, French Reformed pastor, on giving alms. He pronounces woe to those who say, “I gave at the office.” Don’t let state aid be a pretext for your own failure to give aid.
Isn’t much of contemporary religion about encouraging each other in exactly what Saurin calls “hard-heartedness”? Overstating the amount of dole, and fomenting resentment that others are getting some?
How can you give alms today?
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Jacques Saurin, French Reformed pastor, on giving alms. He pronounces woe to those who say, “I gave at the office.” Don’t let state aid be a pretext for your own failure to give aid.
Isn’t much of contemporary religion about encouraging each other in exactly what Saurin calls “hard-heartedness”? Overstating the amount of dole, and fomenting resentment that others are getting some?
How can you give alms today?
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Jacques Saurin, French Reformed pastor, on giving alms. He pronounces woe to those who say, “I gave at the office.” Don’t let state aid be a pretext for your own failure to give aid.
Isn’t much of contemporary religion about encouraging each other in exactly what Saurin calls “hard-heartedness”? Overstating the amount of dole, and fomenting resentment that others are getting some?
How can you give alms today?
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Jacques Saurin, French Reformed pastor, on giving alms. He pronounces woe to those who say, “I gave at the office.” Don’t let state aid be a pretext for your own failure to give aid.
Isn’t much of contemporary religion about encouraging each other in exactly what Saurin calls “hard-heartedness”? Overstating the amount of dole, and fomenting resentment that others are getting some?
How can you give alms today?