Faith for Justice

Today we launched our new PSA called Faith for Justice. This is a follow up piece to our first PSA, I'm a Social Justice Christian and broadens the issue to an interfaith conversation about the centrality of justice to our respective faiths.

Please watch the PSA, visit our website - www.faithforjustice.org - and pass the word along through email, Facebook and Twitter to as many people as possible.

Comments

[John Mohr]

I'm disappointed. On the surface what you purport: faith for justice and Social justice, may sound like a great tag line, especially if we wrap it in our "faith or religion." But if you do your homework these are the very forces that have brought pain to the world.
Ask the Jews, how they liked social justice. What's worse, if I get my bible out and study it, I don't find this message anywhere with in it's pages. As a matter of fact, Jesus seemed to steer away from using government involvement. (Just so we are clear here, since your videos didn't define it, Social Justice is the government stepping in and legislating "equality" for all.)
The sad part of this is when you begin to focus on social problems and social issues, they serve as a distraction to your real calling: Jesus and the gospel.

[Ryan Bell]

Well, John, I've heard these talking points before, almost verbatim, so the argument is definitely not new to me. If you actually watched the video you would see that we did ask a variety of Jews, including one Orthodox Rabbi, and they agree without hesitation that social justice is central to their Jewish faith. In fact, non of the Jews we talked to could envision their faith without talking about social justice. So this "Nazi" scare tactic isn't going to work.

While I appreciate you offering your definition of social justice, I take my cues from Jesus and the Hebrew prophets. You might want to try reading your Bible again with different lenses. I recommend reading the Bible in community with the poor and those who have been cast aside by society. I think you'll find it sounds a lot different than what you're used to.

Grace & Peace,
Ryan