The Sin of Poverty

We will never overcome poverty in our nation until we stop equating it with sin

Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash

The recent trend of fiscal conservatism melding blindly into evangelical philosophy has led us to a startling place in our cultural existence: we all too easily conflate poverty with sin.

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