-> Will you help us Open a World of Opportunity?    
 Home > Articles > Making Life Work for Your Family > "Our Social Ills"   
Our Social IllsOur Social Ills
by Paul Faulkner
Print This Article   Send it to a Friend

 
Modern people are folks who like to solve problems, not just accept them. And that’s good! Modern people have been increasingly concerned about social problems like poverty and crime. We debate for hours about how to help poor people and how to prevent criminal behavior. We spend countless dollars on welfare programs and build new and bigger prisons.

But what will cure our social ills is not talk and money, but a new way of thinking — a Christian way of thinking! Jesus said the Lord was among them to preach good news to the poor and the oppressed and the imprisoned.

Jesus is square one.
Jesus is square one. We can keep trying to do it every other way — ways that have proven to be ineffective — or we can take the Lord’s word for it that the way of life in Christ Jesus is the only long-term remedy for what ails us.

Jesus answered, "I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me." (John 14:6)

 
Share Related
Print This ArticlePrint this Article

Send it to a FriendSend it to a Friend

Heartlight encourages you to share this material with others in church bulletins, personal emails and other non-commercial uses. Please see our Usage Guidelines for more information.
Search

      © 2006 Paul Faulkner.

      Title: "Our Social Ills"
      Author: Paul Faulkner
      Publication Date: March 31, 2006

 
Making Life Work for Your Family
 
 
Hundreds more articles
like this are in the
ARTICLE ARCHIVE
...or search to find an article by keywords:

  Visit our Sponsors

Heartlight only exists because of your support! Click above to visit a sponsor, or donate to join us in our ministry.

   
May we suggest...
WOW Hits 2006
by Various Artists
WOW Hits 2006They're here---all the chart-topping radio hits by your favorite Christian artists! Two CD boxed set.

 
 

RSS Feed of All Heartlight ArticlesAll Heartlight Articles

'Making Life Work for Your Family' RSS FeedMaking Life Work for Your Family

RSS Feed of Paul Faulkner's ArticlesAuthor Paul Faulkner

More Heartlight Feeds

Subscribe
Get Heartlight articles and devotionals by email FREE every day!
Daily Heartlight
Today's Verse
What Jesus Did!
Quotemeal

More Information

 

 

RSS Feeds  |  Advertising  |  Support Heartlight   |   Help  |  Contact Us  
HOME     topTOP HEARTLIGHT® Magazine is produced by Heartlight, Inc. HEARTLIGHT is a registered service mark of Heartlight, Inc. Copyright © 1996-2007. Heartlight is supported by Westover Hills Church, Southern Hills Church, and loving Christians from around the world. Scripture quotations are taken from the Easy-to-Read Version copyright © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center. Used by permission. All rights reserved.