I gave the class a biblical definition of justice in four parts: Deliverance of the oppressed into freedom. Deliverance of outcasts into community. Deliverance of the poor into enough. And… “The fourth would open up a can of worms I can’t put back together in one class,” I said. “But… Read More
It happened a few months after 9/11. A friend, assuming I would agree, complained that Christians in America were overwhelmingly in support of going to war with whoever was responsible. He was a Southern Baptist. He didn’t sew his own clothes out of hemp, live in a commune, grow a… Read More
Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr bellowed a dream from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His was a voice between that still guides mine. The White Racist Voice All Martin’s life he’d been told he was worthless. Worth less. Unworthy to drink from their fountains, sit… Read More
Still answering Elijah’s question about the biblical foundations of “mission” as I understand it. So far we’ve touched on love, Eden, flood and fame, Abraham, Exodus through Ruth, Israel’s choice to replace God with a king, the exiles and the “pre-exilic” prophet Isaiah. Now, let’s look at one chapter from the “exilic” prophet… Read More
Shaun Groves