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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
If 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
Luke 12:49-56 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Hosea 1:2-10 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
Luke 21:5-19 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
John 14:23-29 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
Colossians 3: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
Amos 8:1-12 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
In Luke 9:28-36, the text presses one question: will we trust God’s Word and live it?
Luke 14:1, 7-14 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step.
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 is a steady hand on the shoulder: God is near, and you are not alone in obedience.
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.
If Psalm 71:1-6 irritates you, it may be because God is touching the idol you protect.
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.
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 is a mirror—if it offends, it’s doing honest work—today, not someday.
Luke 9:28-36 invites weary hearts: receive God’s promise, then take the next faithful step—today, not someday.
Revelation 1: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
John 2:1-11 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 23: In context, it doesn’t flatter us—calls us to live the text’s core truth with integrity.
When 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.
1 Timothy 6:6-19 doesn’t flatter us; it exposes our excuses and calls them unbelief—today, not someday.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Jeremiah 18:1-11 is read aloud, hope gets a voice and fear loses the microphone.