The Lord’s Commentary on Poverty in 2014

“The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them anytime you want. But you will not always have me.” (Mark 14:7 NIV)

As Jesus sat at banquet at the home of Simon the leper in Bethany, a woman anointed his head with a flask full of spikenard (very costly fragrant oil). The disciples present were outraged at this obviously blatant act of extravagance and condemned her action as wasteful. Jesus defe...

                                                                  PRESS RELEASE

              &#...

In the biblical classic of Jonah in the belly of the great fish, we see an obscure Galilean prophet attempting to run from God. The prophet went to a port city named Joppa to purchase a ticket on the fleetest ship sailing for Tarshish was the farthest point to which sea fairing vessels could travel. Like Jacob, (in Genesis 28), Jonah thought that God was territorial, confined to Israel. Jonah soon found out that the God of Israel was indeed universal. He even controls the elements of nature. ...

I wrote an article January, 2010 "America's Forgotten War" please read below... I would like to know your thoughts, ideas, and/or comments about poverty and the poor! Thanks for your comments...Dr. J

America’s Forgotten War

“You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me” (John 12:8).

Jesus used these words to cut the tension in the air at the home of his friend Lazarus in Bethany. Six days before Passover while J...