Tag Archives: social justice

Justice Is Not Optional: A Call to See, Touch, and Act

                by Marti Fischer We are a people who love knowledge. We study the Word, support causes, fund ministries. But there’s a growing disconnect between what we know and what we do. We’ve … Continue reading

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What is Just?

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern. (Proverbs 29:7) A quick perusal of the use of the word “justice” in the Bible reveals something that is key to the nature of God. … Continue reading

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Five Things That Move the Heart of God

LEARN to do good. SEEK justice. HELP the oppressed. DEFEND the cause of orphans. FIGHT for the rights of widows. Isaiah 1:17 There’s no ambiguity in this verse. It comes from the first chapter of Isaiah where God is telling … Continue reading

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Shining light on the justice of your cause

by John Fischer, King David and Mike High Take delight in the Lord,     and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord.     Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like … Continue reading

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‘What’s wrong with the world today’

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) As the story goes, The [London] Times once sent out an inquiry to famous authors asking the question “What’s wrong with the world today?” to which author G.K. Chesterton replied: … Continue reading

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Just-as-if they were you

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah … Continue reading

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Justice in everyday life

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) It’s an injustice when where you live determines whether you live.  Right here in America there are zip codes in the same city where there can be a difference of as … Continue reading

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God, made public

(Click here for a video ofJohn reading today’s Catch.) There can be no debate about this: God is on the side of the poor, the weak, the disenfranchised and the powerless. God is in the business of setting things right. … Continue reading

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I think I’m missing something

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) What word appears 130 times in the Old Testament and15 times in the New (used mostly by Jesus) but hardly ever shows up in the language of evangelical Christians?  What … Continue reading

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Listening to millennials

We need to start listening to millennials. They are sensitive to things that are near to the heart of God, but have been overlooked by evangelicals for decades.  Take just the single issue of justice. I grew up dead center … Continue reading

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