Poverty alleviation occurs when the power of Christ's resurrection reconciles our key relationships through the transformation of both individual lives and local, national, and international systems.
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.
Unbelieving image-bearers really do have a lot of good ideas. To deny this is an affront to the One Whose image they bear.
We are not bringing Christ to poor communities. He has been active in these communities since the creation of the world, sustaining them, Hebrews 1:3 says, by His powerful Word. Hence, a significant part of working in poor communities involves discov...
Entertainment alleviates the fear of life, but art vanquishes the fear of death
Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.
As impossible as this may seem (in infertility), try to reach outside of yourself and realize all of the things that you are able to do for now because you do not have children. There are seasons in life, and for now yours is an unfettered one. Allow...
Until we embrace our mutual brokenness, our work with low-income people is likely to do more harm than good. I sometimes unintentionally reduce poor people to objects that I use to fulfill my own need to accomplish something. I am not okay, and you a...
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?
I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear.
Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
We find the meanings of life when we dedicate ourselves to alleviate human sufferings.
The shortest path to peace is listening to understand, empathy and a willingness to compromise to alleviate suffering.
A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.
Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.
Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
