God is Compassionate

"The word compassion comes from two Latin words: passio, meaning 'to suffer,' and cum, meaning 'with.' To say that God has compassion for the victims of injustice is to say that he actually 'suffers with' them. At the root of God's compassion is the fact that he sees, witnesses, directly observes the suffering of the abused."

- Gary Haugen

Source: Haugen, Gary A. Good News about Injustice: a Witness of Courage in a Hurting World. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009. 93. Print.

Preparing the Mind & Spirit Through the Scriptures About Social Justice - Part 2

"The second step is preparing our mind for action. As one who wept over his own faintness of heart, the apostle Peter urges us to begin by preparing our minds for action (Matt. 26:69-75; 1 Pet. 1:13). Such preparation comes from a return to biblical truth. In partcular we need to see what the Bible says about the world's true nature and its real needs."

- Gary Haugen

Source: Haugen, Gary A. Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage In a Hurting World. InterVarsity Press. Downer Groves, IL. 1999, 46.