80) Mercy for the Desperate - James 1:26-27

If someone asked you what the book of 1 Timothy is about, what would you say? Did you know that 22% of that book is about widows? It's a book written to a pastor about how to run a church. Why is over a fifth of it devoted to the topic of widows?
The answer goes to the very core of the Christian faith.

James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction…