None of this should be construed as absolving the church of its biblical and historical mandate to feed and care for the poor. But in an era when the churches that are suffering the most tend not to be the megachurches of the televangelists we love to hate on, but rather the neighborhood church down the street from you that has been quietly providing for your impoverished neighbors for years and decades, “Let the churches do it” cannot be seen as a viable solitary option.
On Earth as It Is in H...
