How Should Christians Think about Social Justice (with Thaddeus Williams)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Culture, Church, Christianity, Think Biblically, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Talbot, Biola

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🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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What is the biblical call to justice? Should Christians embrace the social justice movement? Sean and Scott interview Biola faculty member Thaddeus Williams about these questions and more. Dr. Williams provides biblical perspective about the social justice movement--highlighting both areas of agreement and concern with Scripture. In light of public debates about race, immigration, and family, it is more critical than ever that Christians think biblically about justice. Dr. Thaddeus Wi...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Bibically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.
0:09.2	I'm your host Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics at Tabot School of Theology, Biola University.
0:14.4	And I'm your co-host, Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics, also at
0:18.9	Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. Today we have a guest who's both a friend and a colleague of us at Biola University.
0:30.1	Thaddeus Williams is an assistant professor of biblical and theological studies.
0:36.0	He's also the author of a book that you gave me the privilege of endorsing an excellent
0:40.4	book called Reflect, becoming yourself Yourself by Mirroring the Greatest Person in History.
0:45.7	I hope our listeners will consider picking that up. Well today we're going to talk about a
0:49.6	controversial topic which is Social Justice. that is thanks for coming on and be
0:55.3	willing to tackle such a controversial subject is this sure it's great to be with
1:00.1	you guys let me just start off with more of a broad question and ask what is with you Sure, well you see it all over the text, you see you know,
1:14.1	Jeremiah 22 do justice and righteousness, deliver from the hand of the
1:18.8	oppressor him who's been robbed. You see in the New Testament Jesus announces his whole ministry as
1:24.9	proclaiming good news to the poor and liberty to the captives recovering
1:29.2	sight to the blind to set at liberty those who are oppressed. You get Isaiah 1, seek justice. It just pops up all over the text from the beginning to the end from Genesis to revelation. And so I would say, you know, justice isn't optional. It's not something God suggests. It's something God commands.
1:48.0	Now to me, one of the distinguishing marks of biblical justice as opposed to things that might go under the waving
1:55.6	banner of justice is biblical justice is always tapped into the truth about
1:59.8	who God is in the truth about who we are because of who God is. And so you see the same
2:08.0	God who commands us to do justice commands us to test everything, hold fast to what is good in First
2:14.4	Thessalonians. There's a scene I was just reading this morning in John's Gospel
2:21.6	where Jesus is confronting the Pharisees who are all up in arms.
2:27.7	It's so unjust that Jesus has healed somebody on Sabbath.
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