God created us with free will and the resultant opportunity to experience the outcomes of our choices, good or bad. Kristoff seems to think government should insulate us from any bad outcomes.

Jesus taught us to freely practice personal charity. Kristoff seems to think we should rely on government to dispense charity and coercively tax us as the means to accomplish it, even when much of the proceeds are wasted or end up in the pockets of others not in need.

Kristoff has a lot of fun reinterpreting things Jesus said and making up things Paul Ryan has not said, but Speaker Ryan clearly has the better grasp on Jesus' teachings and government's proper role in society. Listen to Jesus, and ignore Nicholas Kristoff.