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Reading scripture through liberation, equality, and advocacy for the marginalized.
Key question: “How does this text speak to issues of justice, equality, and the liberation of the oppressed?”
25,724 sermon illustrations through the Progressive/Social Justice lens
Matthew 28:16-20 1-21 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Proverbs 1: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Job 38–42: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Psalm 23: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Timothy 6:6-19 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:16-20 Hosea 11:1-11 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Hebrews 11: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Amos 7:7-17 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Matthew 24:36-44 31:27-34 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 12:49-56 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief.
If Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 99 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 81:1, 10-16 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Luke 4:21-30 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 112:1-10 119:137-144 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Luke 6:39-49 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 63:1-8 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
In 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Acts 10: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 15: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.