Tag: Justice
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A gripping story from Sports Illustrated about an Omaha man who unjustly spent 25 years in the Iowa State Pen for murder. Here was an eye-opening paragraph: Harrington recalls the prison experience with a string of “de” words: demoralizing, degrading, dehumanizing. He has stories of gang fights and riots and inmates throwing feces on guards.…
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. (Romans 1:18). Three important questions need to be answered: 1. Who is it revealed against? Paul writes that God reveals his wrath against ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. He is revealing his…
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My friend Marty Everding recently blogged on Hating God in Despising Justice. At the end, he wrote this prayer: Father help us today to believe more deeply that sin is always far more vertical in its aim than horizontal, and that it is far more evil than we can imagine. In light of this reality,…
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This question came from a blog of a pastor friend of mine. He asked if we agreed or disagreed with this statement from an unnamed author: Everyone who struggles for justice, everyone who makes just claims in unjust surroundings, is working for God’s reign, even though not a Christian. Here was my short response: Yes…
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This chapter tells us so many things about God. Here’s four thoughts: God knows exactly what is going to happen in the future (vv. 8-9). Open Theism is heretical because it puts human restrictions on a non-human God. Open Theism says that God does not know and cannot see the future. This chapter plainly shows…
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And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against…
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A couple years ago, Jars of Clay wrote a song called “Oh My God” on their Good Monsters album. It’s truly one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard or read (it’s good without hearing the music). I’ve been reflecting on this song for the past few months and I can’t seem to escape the deep, heartfelt, and even eerie…
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JAMES PRUCH 