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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
Isaiah 11:1-10 29:1, 4-7 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 13: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Luke 17:5-10 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Luke 14:1, 7-14 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Galatians 3:23-29 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Jeremiah 17:5-10 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
In Galatians 3:23-29, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Jeremiah 23:1-6 107:1-9, 43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 6:27-38 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Romans 5:1-5 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 50:1-8, 22-23 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
John 1: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When Romans 10:8b-13 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
If Jeremiah 2:4-13 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 14 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
John 7:37-39 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Isaiah 50:4-9a is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.