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Awaiting a Savior: The Gospel, the New Creation and the End of Poverty is unavailable, but you can change that!

What causes poverty? What am I supposed to do about it? These questions are driving a new generation of Christians to take action on behalf of the poor through social and political action, global partnerships, and financial generosity, as they desire to become the generation that ends poverty forever. Yet in pursuit of this goal, they risk losing sight of a fundamental reality: the root cause of...

“There will be no poor among you as long as you fully obey my laws. But I know what is in the heart of man, that his every thought is always evil continually, so let me warn you right now—there will never cease to be some among you who are poor.” God knew that sin still reigned in the hearts of the Israelites. Though they had been freed from bondage to Egypt, they were still in bondage to sin. They were not righteous but “a stubborn people.”[63] While Deuteronomy 15 promised them blessing and encouraged
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