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Someone asked in an adult Sunday school class if there were prophets today. She thought the answer was "no," that prophets were in the past, others in the class agreed while others disagreed. God continues to send people to call our attention to what we neglect. The problem is we do not always like what they have to say.
There was controversy earlier this year when a conservative talk-show host criticized churches for helping the poor. Jim Wallis, who leads the Christian anti-poverty group Sojourners, in Washington DC, responded by stating that much of both the Old and New Testaments contain verses concerning care for the poor. He wrote in his blog, "that we have made our American Bible full of holes when we have ignored the biblical call to social justice." God's justice is caring for the poor and others whose needs are great.
The prophet Jeremiah was called by God to speak God's word to a people who honestly did not always want to hear what he had to say. At times Jeremiah was incensed over what he viewed as injustice, "At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare heights in the desert toward my poor people," Jeremiah exclaimed.
There was controversy earlier this year when a conservative talk-show host criticized churches for helping the poor. Jim Wallis, who leads the Christian anti-poverty group Sojourners, in Washington DC, responded by stating that much of both the Old and New Testaments contain verses concerning care for the poor. He wrote in his blog, "that we have made our American Bible full of holes when we have ignored the biblical call to social justice." God's justice is caring for the poor and others whose needs are great.
The prophet Jeremiah was called by God to speak God's word to a people who honestly did not always want to hear what he had to say. At times Jeremiah was incensed over what he viewed as injustice, "At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare heights in the desert toward my poor people," Jeremiah exclaimed.
