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The Salt & Light Guidebook, 2nd Edition |
This guidebook has been a labor of love by many people. It
culminates four months of research, 23 focus groups and hours and
hours of interviews and writing. We have investigated 22 different
categories of potential community involvement and have interviewed a
wide spectrum of people ranging from police officers and educators
to runaways and prostitutes.
The book’s premise is that Christians are to be “salt and light”
(Matthew 5) in the communities in which we live. Its purpose is to put
those of us who love Jesus and are sustained by a vital relationship
with Him in direct “hands on” contact with suffering and injustice in
our community.
Why is that important?
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Dedication |
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Acknowledgements |
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History of
Compassion |
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Knox County Demographics |
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Faith-Based Organizations
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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called sons of God."
Matthew 5:9
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"From the lips of children and infants you have ordained
praise..."
Psalm 8:2
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"Great crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the
crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He
healed them."
Matthew 15:30
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"Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror
overwhelms me... It is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear
it... But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. We
used to hold sweet converse together; within God's house we walked in
fellowship. My companion stretched out his hand against his friends,
he violated his covenant."
Psalm 55:5, 12-13
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"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and
willing to share."
1 Timothy 6:18
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"Train
up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not
depart from it." Proverbs 22:5
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"Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect
for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord."
Leviticus 19:32
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"...Remember those in prison as if you were their
fellow prisoners..."
Hebrews 13:3
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"...for in You the fatherless find compassion."
Hosea 14:3b
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"Love your neighbor as yourself."
Matthew 22:38b
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"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is
kind to the needy honors God."
Proverbs 14:31
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"Is this not the kind of fasting that I have chosen: to loose the chains
of injustice... to set the oppressed free... Is it not to share your food
with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter..."
Isaiah 58:6-7
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"The alien among you must be treated as one of your native born.
Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the Lord
your God."
Leviticus 19:34
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"...I was a stranger, and you invited Me in..."
Matthew 25:35
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"The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of
trouble."
Psalm 9:9
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"Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of
the poor and the oppressed."
Psalm 83:3
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"Then He (Jesus) said to her, 'Your sins have been forgiven.'"
Luke 7:48
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"He defended the cause of the poor and the needy, and so all went well.
'Is that not what it means to know Me?' declares the Lord."
Jeremiah 22:16
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"He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the
alien, giving him food and clothing."
Deuteronomy 10:18
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"I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry.
He also brought me out of a horrible pit..."
Psalm 40:1-2
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"Jesus turned and saw her. 'Take heart, daughter,' he said, 'your
faith has healed you.' And the woman was healed from that moment."
Matthew 9:22
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"A father to the fatherless... is God in His holy dwelling."
Psalm 68:5
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