Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung joins the podcast to discuss the relationship between justice and reconciliation. You’ll also learn more about his journey to this work, how he has vocationally practiced and taught biblical justice, and some more recommendations for how you can be resourced for the pursuit of biblical justice.

00:00 - Introduction

01:58 - Patreon

02:33 - Defining biblical justice

04:40 - Connecting reconciliation and justice

07:07 - Justice as a process

09:37 - God’s work and our work

12:11 - An intro to thinking about reconciliation

18:52 - Initial encounters with injustice

21:43 - Expanding our comfort zone

26:25 - Teaching justice in the classroom

30:32 - Ongoing education throughout life

34:33 - Discerning quality of resources

38:56 - Developing a reconciliation studies program

49:07 - Talking about race

53:07 - Where we’re headed

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

Sojourners Magazine - https://sojo.net/ 

Christianity Today - https://www.christianitytoday.com/ 

The Christian Century - https://www.christiancentury.org/ 

Books by Curtiss Paul DeYoung:

Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice: Revised and Expanded Edition (2026, original 2007) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/579742.Living_Faith 

The Risk of Being Woke: Sermonic Reflections for Activists - https://www.judsonpress.com/Products/J311/the-risk-of-being-woke.aspx 

Becoming Like Creoles: Living and Leading at the Intersections of Injustice, Culture, and Religion with Jacqueline J. Lewis, Micky ScottBey Jones, Robyn Afrik, Sarah Thompson Nahar, Sindy Morales Garcia, and ‘Iwalani Ka’ai - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506455563/Becoming-Like-Creoles 

Reconciliation: God’s Timeless Call to Justice, Healing, and Transformation (2019, reprint edition, 1997 original title, Reconciliation: Our Greatest Challenge; Our Only Hope) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50091756-reconciliation 

Views from the Mountain: Select Writings of James Earl Massey edited with Barry L. Callen - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43391555-views-from-the-mountain 

Homecoming: A “White” Man’s Journey through Harlem to Jerusalem - https://wipfandstock.com/9781498225182/homecoming/ 

Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism with Allan Boesak - https://orbisbooks.com/products/radical-reconciliation 

Beyond Rhetoric: Reconciliation as a Way of Life with Samuel Hines - https://wipfandstock.com/9781610972147/beyond-rhetoric/ 

The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible edited with Wilda C. Gafney, Leticia Guardiola-Saenz, George “Tink” Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9780800697020/The-Peoples-Companion-to-the-Bible 

Coming Together in the 21st Century: The Bible’s Message in an Age of Diversity - https://www.judsonpress.com/Products/J125/coming-together-in-the-21st-century.aspx 

The Peoples’ Bible, New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha edited with Wilda C. Gafney, Leticia Guardiola-Saenz, George “Tink” Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506482491/The-Peoples-Bible 

United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race with

Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/united-by-faith-9780195177527?cc=us&lang=en& 

Coming Together: The Bible’s Message in an Age of Diversity - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/579744.Coming_Together