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Panel discussions Personal testimony • money / culture of affluence • science and faith • career decisions / workplace witness • struggling with doubts • disciplining ourselves in a digital age • spiritual formation and discipleship • seeking social justice
and an application deficit • Discipleship develops in the context of community • Biblical community is distinctive: • Shared mission • Encouragement • Bearing burdens • Dealing with sin • Discipleship • Community in a digital / social media age
“social justice”? • What problems does it refer to? • Who is responsible for addressing them, and how? • What is the relationship between community and social justice?
character & command to us He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. Deut. 32:4 God’s character The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. Ps 33:5 God’s character He love righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. Is 1:17 Exhortation to God’s people …learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, please the widow’s cause. Luke 11:42 Negative example of Pharisees But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe the mint, rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have… ICor. 13:2 – 3 The importance of love And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but… Prov. 14:21 Proper treatment of the poor & needy Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor. Prov. 14:31 Proper treatment of the poor & needy Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him. Matt. 25:35 – 40 Serving others & serving Jesus For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and…
justice” and so what is the goal of social justice? What is the difference between seeking social justice with someone and imposing it on someone? Why is it therefore important that efforts to help people be face-to-face?
justice is the sum of millions of acts of relational justice. What do you think he means by “relational justice”? In our efforts to help those in need, how can we incorporate the idea of restoring relationships and give generously in terms of money and material goods?
knowing that relationships are the foundation of social justice? “Social justice doesn’t come about primarily through protests, pickets, and public marches or by imposing new programs from the top down. A relational approach means that social justice is best cultivated from the ground up.” Agree / Disagree? Comments?