Jesus was pretty clear, we were to provide and minister to his brethren. He assumed we would know which is which. I'm not sure we do. We shotgun minister and become enablers.
Yesterday I had a visit with a man I work with from time to time. He told me he went to a church pantry for food. He got what he could. He was cynical about it all. He "Suckered them".
So, the food pantry did what they do. He may even end up in a homeless shelter.
It's a sad commentary on what we have become.
I do not support random prison ministry and random support for the homeless and destitute.
Not without accountability. Something the Church is really bad at.
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