CALVIN AND HOPS: 10 Mar

Location: O'Doherty's Pub in the Valley - Celtic Room!

TIME: 8 p.m - 9:30 p.m.

NOTE: We start on time...so be a little early to get your order in!

TOPIC: The Poor Among Us…What to Do?

Some questions to ponder in preparation:

1. How do you respond when your 5 year old says, “Daddy, aren’t we supposed to help the poor?” while you avert your eyes from the beggar at Division and 3rd?

2. Does giving money to Union Gospel Mission check the Micah 6:8 box?

3. If God owns the cattle on a thousand hills and all we have is really His, how can we go wrong by tossing some bucks to that homeless woman?

Some Spokane Agencies

1. Washington State Coalition for the Homeless

2. Union Gospel Mission

3. City of Spokane Homeless Management Information System

4. Salvation Army of Spokane

5. Spokane Human Services Homeless Coalition

Articles, Videos, etc.

1. Taking Count of Spokane County’s Homeless – Spokesman Review 2008

2. 54 Ways You can Help the Homeless - Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff

3. Suzi – A Homeless Person’s Story (true)

4. When I Came Home – Documentary of Homeless Veterans (Youtube trailer – movie available to rent for $2.99)

5. Homeless Home Movie – PBS Documentary – Spendy!

6. Et in Arcadia ego – Short article from The Economist

7. Should You Give Money to the Homeless? – RedeemingRiches.com

8. The Young, The Old, and The Hungry – John Piper

9. Desiring God Ministries articles on poverty

10. SC Lt Gov – “Don’t Feed the Poor, They’ll Breed! - Youtube

PHILOSOPHY BEHIND CALVIN AND HOPS

Gentlemen,

One of my all-time favorite quotations comes from John Wayne. “Life is tough…it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” Though not necessarily related to stupidity, there exists a common failure on the part of Christian men to humbly sharpen their reasoning skills and learn from one another. We, like much of the heathen world around us, fall into the trap of failing to ever challenge one another’s thinking either because of personal cowardice or for unreasonable fear of causing offense. While I do not advocate offense for its own sake, I do advocate the sharpening of one another in the bond of true Christian love, toward the end of excellence in spiritual warfare with the forces of darkness around us. Let us help each other “take every thought captive to Christ!”

Calvin and Hops is a monthly (generally) meeting of men from a variety of Christian churches in the Spokane area in an informal setting to discuss a topic of general interest. Our primary objective is to grow in knowledge and wisdom and the ability to reason, for the sake of the gospel. Christ is Lord of all, and we need to be able to communicate that to others. This is true whether we are discussing Biblical canon or homosexual marriage. But, I ask you, which is the more likely subject in your workplace? Which is the more likely handle with the unbelievers around you that you can use to lead them to knowledge of the Holy One?

I will establish the topic of the evening as indicated on this blog. However, the topic of the evening may be trumped by another “hot” topic if it seems appropriate. Please use information posted on this blog to prepare for meaningful discussion. Also, I’m always soliciting for topics of interest. Just email them to me at: jack.jkfam@gmail.com

Please mark you calendars and feel free to pass this on to other men you think will be interested. If they want to be on the mailing list they’ll need to send me an email address and a name.

Press On!

Jn 3:30

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