Jim Wallis Has Some Funny Definitions of Moral Obligation « NewsReal Blog

Jim Wallis Has Some Funny Definitions of Moral Obligation « NewsReal Blog: "President Obama has switched tactics in pushing health care reform — he’s now urging faith leaders to support health care reform as a moral and ethical duty. The religious left has, of course, fallen in behind him."

Rev. Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, a leftist Christian advocacy group, visited Lou Dobbs Tonight on Monday. He said of health care:

“…right now, we have a system that is fundamentally broken. So many people are hurting, they’re left out, left behind, even if they have insurance, they can’t afford good health. The system, the broken has to be fixed. How to best fix it, I think, should be what we focus on, in a sane, reasonable, healthy, and I think, yes, a moral debate.”

In all honesty, as Christians, health care in this country is an issue we struggle with. As followers of Jesus, we want to move towards what is broken in this world and bring healing and wholeness. If the Church in the United States was doing its job, the question of how to help the sick may have already been answered. We know not everyone who professes Christianity tithes 10% of their incomes or gives beyond that–and this is a criticism of ourselves just as much as it is of evangelicals as a whole. So, then, as long as people are getting the health care they need, does it matter where or how?