How should the church be involved in matters of social concern? Is the social gospel not a real threat? This essay wants to encourage loving Christian social involvement.

This paper reflects upon Christian social concern and action. Its focus is on the theme of eschatology and social concern. The author first deals with tensions in different views on eternal life and the return of Christ. He traces the apostle Paul's concern in Romans and 1 Corinthians regarding the correlation between eschatology and social involvement.