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Should Christians Depend on Government Welfare?

Kurt Jaros | February 12, 2014 | Faith

By no means is it a necessity that Christians be politically conservative, but it just so happens that many are. A number of these politically conservative Christians also find themselves, from time to time, using the welfare system that is in place. It should be...

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Kurt Jaros is the Executive Director of Defenders Media.

Loving Your Idle Neighbor

RJ Moeller | January 9, 2014 | Economics

Loving Your Idle Neighbor

It’s been a few weeks since I last posted something in my “Bible & Economics” series, but I think a return to the topic is well served by the verses from II Thessalonians I’ve selected to delve in to today. This passage, more than perhaps any other in all of the...

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R.J. works as the director of communications for conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager and his “Prager University” project.

What I Might Say to Your 'Friend on Welfare'

Alexis Hamilton | August 27, 2013 | Poverty

A great post from Joy Pullmann last week asked for opinions on how 17-year-old high school students could respond biblically to one of their friends, “Julia,” who seems to get $800 per month from an entitlement program to spend however she chooses. It is suggested...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.