Darfur: It's time to be part of the solution
If you currently know little or nothing about the crisis in Sudan, it's time you educated yourself. This has been called the worst refugee crisis in the world with thousands having been murdered and millions displaced from their homes, most starving. Recently, Osama Bin Laden, himself, has been encouraging the Muslim government of Sudan to continue its form of "ethnic cleansing."
The problem has escalated beyond what international aid groups have been able to manage and now a new problem arises:
It is sad to say, but many who are followers of Christ and try to live according to a biblical worldview, spend a good deal of energy encouraging the "basic 5" disciplines: prayer, Bible Study, witnessing, Scripture memory, and meditation. However, we often fail in the areas in which these disciplines are put into practice, such as dealing with issues of justice. This must stop. Scripture says that faith without works is dead. It is long past time for us to become active in working towards the solutions of some of these massive problems.
If you are not currently aware of what is going on in the Darfur region of Sudan as well as other regions of the country, here are a few of information resources for you to check out:
World Magazine
Sudan Watch Blog
Save Darfur
National Review Article
World Vision
The problem has escalated beyond what international aid groups have been able to manage and now a new problem arises:
Some three million Sudanese living in impoverished displacement camps in the country's war-ravaged region of Darfur awoke on Monday to a stark new reality: Citing a lack of funds, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) began cutting in half its already-minimal food rations for the beleaguered refugees.This is a problem that will not go away overnight, but we must educate ourselves about the problem and begin to examine ways that we can get involved to help. Whether it is by making donations to worthy organizations working to provide food, writing representatives who can encourage more action and become more involved themselves, to simply getting the word out to make sure the light continues to shine on this problem, we must work to be part of the solution.
It is sad to say, but many who are followers of Christ and try to live according to a biblical worldview, spend a good deal of energy encouraging the "basic 5" disciplines: prayer, Bible Study, witnessing, Scripture memory, and meditation. However, we often fail in the areas in which these disciplines are put into practice, such as dealing with issues of justice. This must stop. Scripture says that faith without works is dead. It is long past time for us to become active in working towards the solutions of some of these massive problems.
If you are not currently aware of what is going on in the Darfur region of Sudan as well as other regions of the country, here are a few of information resources for you to check out:
World Magazine
Sudan Watch Blog
Save Darfur
National Review Article
World Vision
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 5/02/2006 10:45:00 PM
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