I'm Warren Smith, and today on listening in, we remember Ron Cider, who died last week

at the age of 82.

He wrote the influential book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, and he was a guest on

this program in 2016.

We listened back on that conversation today.

One part of what government should do would be to have public policies that effectively

centralize the economy effectively, especially in power, the poor members of society, so

they've got the resources, knowledge, education, and so on, to earn their own way and be dignified

members of the community.

Ron Cider's 1977 book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger elevated him to a national

and international stage.

It's challenging call for Christians to both declare a biblical gospel and demonstrate

compassion and care for the poor as part of the gospel message resonated with a generation

of young evangelicals.

Cider went on to form evangelicals for social action, which championed social causes and

he continued to write more than 30 books over the course of his lifetime.

And while some Christians who heard the call for social action have moved on to anti-biblical

views on abortion and marriage, Cider himself remained steadfast to the very end, writing

and speaking frequently for the pro-life position.

And that's how we came to have this conversation that you're about to hear.

Cider was in Washington DC in 2016 to participate in the March for Life, and he spoke at a

related event hosted by evangelicals for life.

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