I mentioned the Hedlt's and their blog a couple posts back as examples of living the Gospel in the world. One issue they are informed about si the crisis of AIDS, especially in Africa. Iam very challenged by them in this area and regret my ignorance in this area. Today in the mailI received some literature on a new book being put out by Intervarsity Press on this very issue. I think for many of us in the Church this is one of our Ninevehs--an area of sin we would rather not touch. Perhaps it's time to see the Gospel is bigger than the AIDS crisis...From the notice I received...
Deborah Dortzbach and W. Meredith Long (both executives with World Relief) take you to the ground floor of the campaign against AIDS, moving from the devastating global perspective to the hope emerging from the grass roots. You can help the church change the course of hte AIDS Crisis.
How We Can Help
- Stop debating whether Christians should repsond to HIV and AIDS. "We must instead repent of our slow response."
- Decide how to resond. "The scope of possible invovement is just as broad as the scope of the AIDS disaster."
- Know with whom to respond. "The fight agaist AIDS brings together many unlikely organizations...sincere in watign to protect and save lives."
- Ask yourself daily: What attitude am I repsoning with? How vulnerable am I willing to become?
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I realize the overarching premise of the post was that AIDS is killing people all over the world. I read an interesting article in Business Week that might set things in perspective:
HIV/AIDS currently "afflicts one million Americans," and for 2007, the federal government allocated $2.6 billion for its research. By contrast, "there are currently 4.5 million Alzheimer's patients in the U.S., and...the federal government budgeted only $645 millon for Alzheimer's research for 2007."
Just something to think about...
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