Children’s Bible stories published with social justice focus
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🗓️ 22 October 2025
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A group of new children’s storybook Bibles is being published to reflect a progressive focus on diversity, inclusion, and social justice. One is The Just Love Story Bible, a “justice-oriented” storybook for children ages four to ten. Authored by Rev. Jacqui Lewis and Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, it features fifty-two Bible stories and illustrations portraying characters in black, brown, and tan skin tones. When people debate same-sex relationships and marriage, an LGBTQ advocate will inevitably proclaim the mantra “love is love,” as though this wins the argument and ends the discussion. But does it?
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, October the 22nd, 2025, and you've joined us for Denison Forum's Daily |
| 0:08.4 | Article podcast. Today's daily article is written by Dr. Jim Denison, co-founder, and narrated by |
| 0:15.5 | Chris Elkins. A group of new children's storybook Bibles is being published to reflect a progressive focus on diversity, inclusion, and social justice. |
| 0:27.4 | One is titled, The Just Love Story Bible, and is a, quote, justice-oriented storybook for children ages four to ten. |
| 0:37.6 | Authored by Reverend Jackie Lewis and Reverend Shannon Daley Harris, |
| 0:42.1 | it features 52 Bible stories and illustrations portraying characters in black, brown, and tan skin tones. |
| 0:49.4 | The author said they hope to prompt children to ask questions and challenge traditional beliefs |
| 0:55.0 | about God, Jesus, and the biblical narrative. For example, Lewis describes her story book's |
| 1:01.4 | presentation of Jesus' resurrection, quote, did that happen? For me, it matters more that children |
| 1:08.2 | know that love never dies, so that's where I landed." |
| 1:12.2 | In quote. |
| 1:13.1 | Reverend Lewis's bio on her church's website describes her congregation as, quote, |
| 1:18.4 | a Christian, universalist, multicultural, multi-ethnic rainbow coalition that understands what Jackie |
| 1:25.4 | preaches. |
| 1:26.5 | Love liberates, love, period." |
| 1:29.3 | This focus is not new, of course. Rob Bell generated controversy with his book a few years ago, |
| 1:36.3 | Love Wins, in which he argues for a universalist theology that rejects the existence of hell. |
| 1:42.3 | When people debate same-sex marriages and marriage, |
| 1:46.0 | an LGBTQ advocate will inevitably proclaim the mantra, |
| 1:50.0 | Love is Love, as though this wins the argument and ends the discussion. |
| 1:55.0 | But does it? |
| 1:56.0 | Yesterday, we focused on the power of love to change the world. |
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