Ronald J. Sider, organizer of the evangelical left and author of ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,’ died on Wednesday at 82. His son told followers that Sider had suffered from a sudden cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n
For nearly 50 years, Sider called evangelicals to care about the poor and see poverty as a moral issue. He argued for an expanded understanding of sin to include social structures that perpetuate inequality and injustice, and urged Christians to see how their salvation should compel them to care for their neighbors.<\/p>\n
\u201cSalvation is a lot more than just a new right relationship with God through forgiveness of sins. It\u2019s a new, transformed lifestyle that you can see visible in the body of believers,\u201d he said. \u201cSin is a biblical category. Given a careful reading of the world and the Bible and our giving patterns, how can we come to any other conclusion than to say that we are flatly disobeying what the God of the Bible says about the way he wants his people to care for the poor?\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ron Sider has died.<\/p>\n He was known for his advocacy for the poor and was called the \u201cburr in the ethical saddle\u201d of the white evangelical horse. https:\/\/t.co\/AMJQ5lWLqi<\/a><\/p>\n — Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n