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Outline

0:15 - https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/should-we-separate-church-and-state-questions-youre-asking-matthew-4-8-9/ (Should We Separate Church and State?)

1:05 - What is "justice" according to the Bible?: https://quarterly.gospelinlife.com/a-biblical-critique-of-secular-justice-and-critical-theory/ (Tim Keller's article)

4:00 - What's a just response to how past injustices have present consequences?

6:25 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-police.html (Car jacking in Minneapolis)

8:30 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-police.html (Reading While Black) by Esau McCaulley

10:10 - Power imbalances and justice

12:15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15&version=ESV (Acts 15)

13:45 - Characteristics of justice: righting relationships, retributive, restorative

14:40 - Community in justice: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+24.19-22&version=ESV (Deuteronomy 24.19-22)

15:20 - https://www.google.com/search?q=bruce+waltke+the+righteous+are+willing+to+disadvantage+themselves&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS893US893&oq=bruce+waltke+the+righteous+are+willing+to+disadvantage+themselves&aqs=chrome..69i57.10551j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 (Bruce Waltke quote)

17:30 - Equity in justice: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+24.22&version=NIV (Leviticus 24.22) and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+33.15&version=NIV (Isaiah 33.15)

18:05 - Corporate responsibility in justice: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+7&version=NIV (Joshua 7), https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+9.1-19&version=NIV (Daniel 9.1-19), and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezra+9&version=NIV (Ezra 9)

20:20 - Individual responsibility in justice: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+24.16&version=NIV (Deuteronomy 24.16)

21:30 - Advocacy in justice: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1.17&version=NIV (Isaiah 1.17) and https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+31.8-9&version=NIV (Proverbs 31.8-9)

23:00 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=job+29.17&version=NIV (Job 29.17)

23:30 - How to be just and influence society

28:00 - Subscribe. Rate. Share.

 

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Passages

Acts 15: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15&version=ESV)

Deuteronomy 24.19-22: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+24.19-22&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+24.19-22&version=ESV)

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