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I know many Christians are hesitant to connect "following Jesus" with what's often called "social justice". But I believe there's compelling biblical support - even in passages like Micah 6:8 - that following Jesus compels us to pursue justice, including in societal forms.

What do you think - does Scripture call us to systemic justice, or is the focus primarily on individual devotion?

I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially after watching this video:
 
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joechristianwarrior said:
I know many Christians are hesitant to connect "following Jesus" with what's often called "social justice". But I believe there's compelling biblical support - even in passages like Micah 6:8 - that following Jesus compels us to pursue justice, including in societal forms.

What do you think - does Scripture call us to systemic justice, or is the focus primarily on individual devotion?

I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially after watching this video:
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Too late. The Christian Right have hijacked the Gospel to bring social order, not social justice. It looks like Marx was right about Christianity after all.
 
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BCP1928 said:
Too late. The Christian Right have hijacked the Gospel to bring social order, not social justice. It looks like Marx was right about Christianity after all.
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There is no "social" justice. . .there is only justice; i.e., giving everyone what he has earned; i.e., what he is due.
 
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joechristianwarrior said:
I know many Christians are hesitant to connect "following Jesus" with what's often called "social justice". But I believe there's compelling biblical support - even in passages like Micah 6:8 - that following Jesus compels us to pursue justice, including in societal forms.

What do you think - does Scripture call us to systemic justice, or is the focus primarily on individual devotion?

I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially after watching this video:
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Justice is achieved when life flourishes. The divine intention is for life to flourish (ultimately for created life to abide in eternal life). Justice just is flourishing life. So something is just if it works toward the divine intention for life and unjust if it works against the divine intention for life.

I think Christians should use whatever means they have to promote the divine intention for flourishing life for all life, individually and corporately, and do so in ways that honor the dignity and agency of intelligent creatures. Social justice is not an ideology for Christians but simply the result of obeying God's intention. For Christians in a functioning democracy/republic, the means are available to work toward justice, i.e., flourishing life.
 
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