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Video Discussion: JusticePastors Take 15(ish) Minutes to Talk About Social Justice

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This is part of a series of posts with short video discussions, Scripture reading recommendations, and book recommendations on a variety of topics important to the life of Peace of Christ.

In this week’s video discussion, pastors David and Becca ask the question—”What is Justice?” and how we engage socially.

RECOMMENDED SCRIPTURE READINGS

  1. Exodus 10:17-21
  2. Deuteronomy 27:19
  3. Deuteronomy 32:4
  4. Psalm 9:7
  5. Psalm 10:17-18
  6. Psalm 82:3-4
  7. Psalm 89:14
  8. Psalm 103:6
  9. Psalms 140:12
  10. Psalms 146:5-9
  11. Proverbs 21:3,15
  12. Proverbs 29:26
  13. Ecclesiastes 5:8
  14. Isaiah 1:16-17
  15. Isaiah 9
  16. Isaiah 30:18
  17. Isaiah 42:1-4
  18. Isaiah 58:6-10
  19. Isaiah 59:15
  20. Isaiah 61
  21. Jeremiah 22:3
  22. Amos 5-6
  23. Micah 6:8
  24. Zechariah 7:9
  25. Matthew 5-7
  26. Matthew 12:18
  27. Luke 11:42
  28. Luke 18:3
  29. Romans 12–14
  30. Ephesians 3:7–13
  31. Ephesians 6:10–20
  32. Colossians 1:13–23
  33. Colossians 3:25
  34. 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12
  35. 1 Timothy 6:3–21
  36. 2 Timothy 2–3
  37. Titus 3:1–11
  38. James 1:27
  39. 1 Peter 1:13–21
  40. 1 Peter 2:9–17
  41. 1 Peter 3:8–22
  42. Revelation 13

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

This list is neither exhaustive nor authoritative, but they have been formative for Peace of Christ.

    1. Bible Project’s video on “Justice“
    2. The Christian Witness to the State by John Howard Yoder
    3. Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians by Lee C Camp
    4. One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love by John Perkins and Karen Waddles
    5. “Soft Difference: Theological Reflections on the Relation Between Church and Culture in 1 Peter” by Miroslav Volf
    6. “Overcoming Racial Faith” in Duke Divinity School Magazine by Willie Jennings
    7. To Alter Your World: Partnering with God to Rebirth Our Communities by Michael Frost and Christiana Rice
    8. The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
    9. Theopolitical Imagination: Christian Practices of Space and Time by William T. Cavanaugh

PEACE OF CHRIST RESOURCES

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