Christian Charity
U.S. Senator and pastor Raphael Warnock (D–GA) claims that President Trump’s policies “bear false witness against the God I know” because there “are more than 2,000 verses of Scripture that tell us how to treat the poor,” and “none” of them “say we should take food away from hungry children, slash health care for the vulnerable, and give tax cuts to the rich.”
IN FACT, Warnock’s comments contradict the faith he professes because:
- the Bible contains at least 50 passages about giving, and none of them involve government welfare but self-sacrificing generosity.
- Jesus called for giving in “secret” instead of announcing it “with trumpets, as the hypocrites do” to “be honored by others.”
- the Bible tells people to “give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion,” as is the case with taxation.
The passages above embody how Americans cared for the poor and needy before the advent of the modern welfare state.
