The message to individual Christians today could never be clearer: As a Christian, you have an obligation to see that your government serves the poor and those most in need of compassion and help.
It seems that some consider this an “entitlement” philosophy. They make the assumption that any government program that creates a service to help people to take advantage of opportunity is wrong.
In fact, if the service rendered to people in need creates dependency and nothing else, there is much merit to this opinion.
This gets to the heart of the problem. When you create a government program whose intent is compassion and service to those most in need, the creation of the service does not end the Christian’s responsibility.
Equally important is the follow through necessary to see that the program works.
This is the step where everything falls apart and provides the fuel that drives the antigovernment, conservative’s position forward.
This again raises the question: What are “people of faith” doing about it?
Brother Franco