Homelessness and The Tragedy of American Compassion with Dr. Marvin Olasky

Ideas Have Consequences

America’s secular approach to fighting poverty has been a disaster, yet we can learn a lot from how Christians helped the poor successfully 200 years ago. If you want to make a difference on the poverty in your community, you need to join us as we feature Dr. Marvin Olasky, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, the former editor of World Magazine, and the author of The Tragedy of American Compassion. Olasky’s passion for this topic led him to live in a homeless community in Missouri recently. Our conversation underscores the significance of personal involvement, community, and family in combating poverty, as opposed to bureaucratic solutions and handouts alone. Further, we discuss the dignity of work and the need for employment to uplift those in poverty. Join us and discover what it truly means to live out our faith by loving our neighbors on the streets of our towns.

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Chapters

1. Homelessness and The Tragedy of American Compassion with Dr. Marvin Olasky (00:00:00)

2. Worldview of poverty (00:15:35)

3. Principles to break poverty (and the loneliness epidemic) (00:24:40)

4. Living on the streets (00:35:10)

5. Dignity of work and helping others (00:47:50)

6. Starting organizations to serve the homeless (00:57:23)

7. Homelessness in our cities (01:04:00)