#esdfor2030 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #esdfor2030, aggregated by home.social.
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William Jay, Congregationalist minister, expresses awe for God’s power and nature. We must be ready to account for our stewardship to the One who may call us to him. We must not disdain the poor. We are given wealth, but for distribution. A full cloud empties itself upon the earth.
Jay says to be ready to give an account of our stewardship. John Piper, in contrast, says to be ready to given an account of how much bible reading you had done.
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Arthur Tappan Pierson, Presbyterian, praises Samuel Fisk Green (1822–1884), missionary to Sri Lanka, who kept medical instruction in Tamil. Green fought cholera with handbills, yet never never lost sight of “greater work” to spread the gospel.
Today, would we see the idea of Christians investing effort in pedantic lectures on hygiene to prevent the spread of a disease as a sign of apostasy?
How can you keep sight of ministry and public health?