Christianity and Social Justice | New Testament | Luke 14

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

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Does Christianity say anything about social justice? Is the Christian faith more about personal salvation than it is about justice? Patrick discusses Luke 14 and shares God's intention for setting the world right. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Luke 14

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work, I'm Patrick Miller.
0:13.4	Just a few weeks ago, the influential and sometimes
0:16.0	controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson,
0:19.1	he wrote something on Twitter.
0:20.4	This is what he said.
0:21.7	There is nothing Christian about
0:23.4	hashtag social justice. Redemptive salvation is a matter of the individual soul.
0:28.9	Now it's important to note that while Peterson has a respect for the Bible and Christians in general, he's not a Christian.
0:35.2	But that simple fact doesn't make him wrong. What do you think? Does Christianity say anything
0:40.4	about social justice? Or is it really just about the individual soul and that's all?
0:45.2	If you wanted to find out the answer to that question, how would you do it?
0:49.2	A few years ago Keith had a good friend who was getting concerned that he was seeing words like justice and
0:54.4	oppression during our Sunday morning services. He feared it meant that we'd chalked
0:58.4	to Orthodox Christianity for some sort of baptized social agenda. In other words, he kind of agreed with Jordan Peterson.
1:05.1	Christianity is about individual salvation, the soul,
1:08.7	justice and oppression.
1:10.0	Those aren't topics on the menu.
1:11.8	But this guy was a great guy who really wanted to know the truth.
1:15.3	And so Keith challenged him to go home later that day and visit Bible gateway.com.
1:19.6	It's a website that lets you search for words in the Bible.
1:22.2	Keith asked his friend to type in some of the words
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