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Stef Benstead

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Let justice roll like a river, righteousness like a never-ending stream

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    • Jan 10
    • 3 min

    Review: Neither Poverty Nor Riches, Part 1

    This morning I started reading the book Neither Poverty Nor Riches by the American Craig L Blomberg. I can’t tell you how refreshing I fo...

    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Types of undeserving poor

    This is the third of three blog posts triggered by the book, The Myth of Undeserving Poor, which I recently finished reading. If you read...

    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Grace to the undeserving poor

    In my last blog post I discussed the myth of the undeserving poor, referencing a number of articles which prove the tenacity of the UK wo...

    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Myth of the Undeserving Poor

    I recently finished reading The Myth of the Undeserving Poor: a Christian response to poverty in Britain today by Martin Charlesworth and...

    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Not Just (or even?) For the Poor

    II recently picked up the Church of England’s (CofE) 1986 report on the welfare state, Not Just For the Poor. It’s only 138 pages, so it ...

    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Charity is not enough

    One argument that I sometimes hear from those who are perhaps more right-wing politically, including Christians, is that our response to ...

    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    On All Saints' Day, where are the saints?

    My heart would have been full this week if my body weren’t so weary. My heart would be full because the outpouring of community spirit th...