Episode 35, KC Podcast on the Social Justice Statement with Lisa Robinson and Dustin Messer

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In this double dose of KC podcast,^a Pastor Uri Brito interviews Lisa Robinson^b and Dustin Messer^c on the recent Social Justice Statement.

Lisa Robinson observes that the whole counsel of Scripture portrays a creation that does not separate God’s salvation from His acts in and through Jesus Christ. Lisa observes:

Jesus was addressing the physical concerns of the people…and the social justice statement seems to set up a dichotomy of either you are for the gospel or you are for social justice as if those who can readily proclaim the Christian Gospel could not also be engaged and concerned for issues of social justice.”

For further study, Lisa recommends Al Mohler’s recent Q&A where he addresses directly the definition of social justice and Kevin DeYoung’s article.

Dustin Messer also joined the podcast to talk about the recent statement. Dustin affirms that though he agrees with many of the points in the statement, the statement ultimately offered enough false dichotomies to make it unhelpful. Dustin asserts that flattening out God’s justice may actually lead to greater danger in how the Christian views his role in society. Further, he affirms that the main problem with the parishioner in the pew is not the danger of a subtle Marxist ideology, but sheer apathy.

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2. Read her article here  (back)
3. You can read his article here  (back)

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