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The Social Jesus Podcast

The Social Jesus Podcast

著者： Herb Montgomery
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 A podcast where we talk about the intersection of faith and social justice, and what a first-century, Jewish, prophet of the poor from Galilee offers us today in our work of love, compassion and justice.2024 The Social Jesus Podcast キリスト教 スピリチュアリティ 聖職・福音主義
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  • When Justice Takes Too Long

    When Justice Takes Too Long
    2026/11/05
    Matthew 25:1-13 Our story this week confronts us with the seriousness of missed opportunities. There are consequences when we fail to prepare for what matters. The call to watchfulness in our reading this week is not an invitation to wait anxiously for the end of the world. Instead, it can be understood as a call to live attentively in the present. The wisdom of the five wise ones invites us to prepare for the world we hope to create. If we long for a future shaped by justice, compassion, and liberation, our preparation begins now, in the commitments we cultivate, the resources we share, and the courage we develop before those things are tested, to keep the light of justice burning, even through the longest night. Alongside some problematic language, our reading invites us to ask, “What does it mean to be prepared for the arrival of a new world shaped by justice, compassion, and liberation?” The wise are not simply those who expect a just future; they are those who prepare to live its values even when that future is taking too long. For more go to renewedheartministries.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    24 分
  • When Leadership Becomes Self Serving

    When Leadership Becomes Self Serving
    2026/10/29
    Matthew 23:1-12 A socially just understanding of Jesus’ teaching recognizes that compassion must involve more than expressing sympathy for people who suffer. Compassion requires participation. It means helping to carry burdens, sharing resources, challenging unfair arrangements, and transforming the conditions that make some people’s lives unnecessarily difficult. Rather than simply telling hungry people to pray, justice helps ensure that they have food. Rather than blaming struggling families, justice examines whether everyone has access to the resources and opportunities necessary to thrive. Our reading this week challenges religious communities to examine whether their practices reflect the values they proclaim. The measure of faithful leadership is not how loudly leaders defend tradition or how rigorously they demand obedience. It is whether their leadership produces greater dignity, freedom, compassion, and justice for the people they serve. For more go to renewedheartministries.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    25 分
  • Questioning Our Confession

    Questioning Our Confession
    2026/10/22
    Matthew 22:34-46 In our reading this week, Jesus contrasts rulers who dominate others and service. The gospels do not measure leadership by the ability to command, accumulate wealth, or maintain control. They measure it by a willingness to serve, to give, and to place the well-being of others before personal privilege. Does authority exist to protect the interests of the powerful, or should it be used to create conditions in which everyone can experience dignity, security, and abundant life? Does leadership preserve unjust arrangements, or does it challenge the structures that leave people impoverished, excluded, and vulnerable? Authority loses its moral credibility when it protects institutional privilege while neglecting the suffering of those institutions are meant to serve. We must ask whether our religious, political, and economic institutions reflect the values we claim to honor. We must examine whether our understanding of God legitimizes existing hierarchies or inspires us to challenge inequality, resist exploitation, and share the resources necessary for everyone to thrive. For Jesus followers, our beliefs about what our society should look like must be tested against the life and teachings of Jesus himself. If we claim to follow Jesus and his teachings while tolerating systems of injustice and harm that deny people their dignity, we must reconsider what our confession means. For more go to renewedheartministries.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    23 分
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