This is an interesting discussion because it follows that the next question is, should the government tax to care for the poor? In the USA it's turned into a welfare state which is no more biblical than ignoring the poor. So often, the real poor are the ones begging at the food kitchens while the "cheats" are living off the hard-earned income of the middle class.

Here's an idea, what if the government required that everyone set aside a percentage of their money for the needs of the community. Hmm, isn't that what my church already does with the monthly deacon's offering?

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

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