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Amazing self-learning computer experiment with Indian children
Professor Sugata Mitra is the Indian academic who allowed poor Indian children to work out computers for themselves. But here's the challenge. For those kids who will have a web connection through these cheap tablets (or any other route), where will they find evangelistic material that is contextualized for their own culture, language and religion, and assumes they have zero Christian knowledge?
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5916
Rights - a Christian perspective
The Bible teaches repeatedly that Christians are to work to make sure that the poor and oppressed find the justice that is their right. Elsewhere in the Bible, God states that He values this more than religious ceremonies or rituals.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2082:3&version=NIV
Giving to the poor - a Christian perspective
Paul praises one of the early Christian communities for giving beyond their means--despite their own financial difficulties, they did not hesitate to give what they had to those in need.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%208:1-5&version=NIV
Oppression - a Christian perspective
God has a special concern for the poor and downtrodden. Nobody who oppresses or abuses the needy will escape God's anger.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2014:31&version=NIV
Help the poor - a Christian perspective
One of the themes common throughout the entire Bible is the importance of caring for the poor and downtrodden. This passage from Leviticus is mirrored in countless other places in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2025:35&version=NIV
"Widow" in the Bible: James 1:27
Both the Old and New Testaments contain many exhortations to care for widows and orphans. Widows and orphans have been cut off from the rest of society and lack the family support structures that the rest of us enjoy. We live in a culture different from that of ancient Israel, but we are still obligated to help those on the fringes of society.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jas.1.27&version=NIV
The poor in the Bible: 2 Corinthians 8:1-4
God isn't concerned with the amount of money in your bank account--He's concerned with how you use the resources you've been given, great or small. In this passage, the Macedonian churches are praised because, despite their extreme poverty, they were as generous with their resources as they were able to be.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2Cor.8.1-2Cor.8.4&version=31
LWP- Many Faces of Poverty in China
Four faces of poverty in China--and hope on the horizon.
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/979
LWP - Beijing’s Poor and the 2008 Olympic Games
The author shares how countless Chinese urbanites and migrant workers have been displaced by the upcoming Olympics.
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/978
LWP - Urban Poverty and Urban Slums in China
The author discusses the "floating population" in China and its relation to the hukou system.
http://lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/977?pg=2
