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1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

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James L. Killen

... . Later in his first letter to the Corinthians, he wrote, "If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied" (1 Corinthians 15:19). The hope for the hereafter has been very important to people in our day, too. Jonathan Kozol wrote a book about the lives of desperately poor people living in a slum of a great city. The book was titled Amazing Grace because the author said the lives of these people were so empty of hope or of promise that they could only find meaning for ...

2. Investing in God’s Future

Matthew 25:14-30

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Chris Ewing

... , some investments do sour quite badly, and people do lose their master's shirts!5 Maybe you know the truth of that all too well. There are reasons why we are afraid. There are reasons why we try to "bury the money." But do we have the right? Jonathan Kozol once interviewed a young man living in the South Bronx, and the topic of evil came up. "Evil exists," [said the young man,] not flinching at the word. "I believe that what the rich have done to the poor people in this city is something that a preacher ...

3. Paying Dues to God

Matthew 22:15-22

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Leonard Sweet

... souls to a compassionate ache that brings about committed acts on behalf of others. Fifteen minutes away from Manhattan, the richest section of the richest city of the world, is Mott Haven, a place in the South Bronx with the poorest congressional district in America. Jonathan Kozol spent almost two years talking to children there. The 48,000 people who live here boast a median income of $7,600. The children are some of the poorest and sickest in the world. The South Bronx has the highest rate of asthma in ...

4. Leave No Child Behind

Mark 10:13-16

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Mark Trotter

... . Two thousand years ago the Church came into a world that practiced child abandonment, and they did something about it. From what I can see, there is still a form of child abandonment practiced today, especially in the cities of this country. Jonathan Kozol worked with children in the South Bronx, among those he described as "the poorest of the poor." He wrote that these children were not suffering by mistake, they were outcasts. They lived in what he called the "lazarettos," those sections of the cities ...

5. Abandoning Our Children

Mark 10:1-12

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Mark Trotter

... into this world I would suggest that there would be 10% of the families in this room wouldn't be here today. But from what I can see, there is still a form of child abandonment practiced today, especially in the cities of this country. Jonathan Kozol worked with children in the South Bronx, among those he described as "the poorest of the poor." He wrote that these children were not suffering by mistake, they were outcasts. They lived in what he called the "lazarettos," those sections of the cities in the ...

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