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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 5–7: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Kings 18: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Luke 12:32-40 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
If Hebrews 11:29-12:2 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
If Jeremiah 1:4-10 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Psalm 90: In context, it calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 107:1-9, 43 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
James 2: In context, it meets us gently—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Revelation 21:1-6 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Luke 22:14-23:56 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Psalm 1 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Matthew 28:1-10 Timothy 2:1-7 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
When Luke 12:13-21 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
Psalm 29 4:11-12, 22-28 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 119:1-8 50:1-8, 22-23 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
Acts 5:27-32 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 13: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
If Romans 8:14-17 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 19:1-10 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
In Psalm 137, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Luke 12:13-21 anchors us in God’s character: He speaks, acts, and calls us to faithful response.
Philemon 1-21 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
John 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.