Quote from “Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel” by Ronald J. Sider –

It is… “simply incredible that so many modern Christians, especially evangelicals, have largely ignored this central truth about God. I remember talking to a prominent evangelical leader about fifteen years ago. He had just discovered the hundreds of biblical verses on God’s concern for the poor. How, he asked me, was it possible for him to study at an evangelical college, take his theological degree at an evangelical seminary, and become a faculty member at an evangelical school and never learn about God’s special concern for the poor? It is difficult to overstate the importance of this biblical teaching about the poor—but it can be done! Some liberation theologians[11] and some statements from the World Council of Churches12] make it the central biblical truth, the criterion of biblical faithfulness and evangelism. That, too, is wrong. That is to overstate a crucial point. Concern for the poor is not the only important aspect of Christian social concern or mission. We dare not become so preoccupied with it that everything else becomes secondary.”. Page 139