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Justice as a Spiritual Practice

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Douglas Mitchell

By Douglas Mitchell   Associate Pastor for “Faith in Action,” Douglas Mitchell conceived the following article as a presentation for a church adult education class and has adapted it here to propose that the ministry of social justice can in … Continue reading →

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The Case for Social Righteousness

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Cynthia Rigby

By Cynthia Rigby   The following is an excerpt from the book by Cynthia Rigby, Promotion of Social Righteousness [Louisville: Witherspoon Press, 2010], 1-11, available from www.TheThoughtfulChristian.com. The article is republished here with permission from the author and Witherspoon Press. … Continue reading →

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Gospeling Beyond Our Preferred Agendas

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Walter Brueggemann

  Learning from Isaiah that we may neither privatize evangelism nor claim the autonomy of social action.   By Walter Brueggemann   View and print as PDF   The overwhelming theological claim of the Bible in all its parts is … Continue reading →

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Confessing the Beatitudes

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Margaret Aymer

Horizons Bible Study Lesson: Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:21a, 25a; Psalm 107:1–9 By Margaret Aymer   “Greatly Honored Are Those Who Are Famished and Parched for Justice!” is one of nine lessons, excerpted from the Confessing the Beatitudes Bible study, by … Continue reading →

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