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Steve Corbett
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“Until we embrace our mutual brokenness, our work with low-income people is likely to do more harm than good. I sometimes unintentionally reduce poor people to objects that I use to fulfill my own need to accomplish something. I am not okay, and you are not okay. But Jesus can fix us both.”
― When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
― When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
“We are not bringing Christ to poor communities. He has been active in these communities since the creation of the world, sustaining them, Hebrews 1:3 says, by His powerful Word. Hence, a significant part of working in poor communities involves discovering and appreciating what God has been doing there for a LONG time.”
― When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
― When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
“Personal piety and formal worship are essential to the Christian life, but they must lead to lives that “act justly and love mercy” (Mic. 6:8).”
― When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
― When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
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