After we open with a short, and silly segment in our Summer of kids featuring Isaac, we have a serious topic. Learn just a tiny bit about favorite school subjects, and a quick song, before interruptions bring a quick close to Isaac’s segment.

Moving on to the featured topic, here’s my list. Of questions i had for Andrew Rappaport. Also some observations and comments from other sources as i researched the topic of Social Justice.

First a question submitted by our absent co-host, Nathan Caldwell. “Do you see social justice turning from truth to a lie?”

Isn't it just a movement to try to fix broken elements in our society?

(Hardships of a group, general injustice in life, inequality, , etc.)

Isn't it an honest attempt to meet people where they are?

Educating them on self improvement?

Andrew explains that the movement is more than what these opening questions imply on a surface level, and gets to the point the movement is really about. The agenda is all about victim status, socialism, and communistic ideals.

Wasn't the idea, and term "Social Justice" invented by Catholic priests in 1840 to describe the conservative view of how society should run? Justice for the common good of society.

How did it become a movement of the liberal, progressive camp?

Note: social justice has become code for “’good things’ no one needs to argue for and no one dare be against.”

Note: The Oxford English Dictionary defines social justice as “justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society” but vaguely defines justice as the “quality of being fair and reasonable.”

Andrew explains the concept goes even further back into history than when the name was coined, he also goes further in how the folks behind the movement actually distort real justice.

What is Biblical Justice?

Note: The Hebrew word for “justice,” mishpat, occurs in its various forms more than 200 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. Its most basic meaning is to treat people equitably. It means acquitting or punishing every person on the merits of the case, regardless of race or social status. Anyone who does the same wrong should be given the same penalty.

But mishpat means more than just the punishment of wrongdoing. It also means giving people their rights. Deuteronomy 18 directs that the priests of the tabernacle should be supported by a certain percentage of the people’s income. This support is described as “the priests’ mishpat,” which means their due or their right. Mishpat, then, is giving people what they are due, whether punishment or protection or care.

--Tim Keller

How does social justice relate to biblical justice?

How does social justice relate to the Gospel?

Does this kind of social Gospel compare to evangelism.

Does an understanding of the true Gospel undermine the working of social justice?

How should Christians engage in social justice?

In addressing this final group of questions, Andrew underscores his position that the Social Justice movement and its agendas are far from real justice. He states that one of God’s attributes is justice, and we could not know what justice was without him. That makes the Bible definitions the authority on justice. Though the folks behind the movement claim an equality for all, they move the standard to suit their own comfort.

Should Christians distance themselves from the term "Social Justice"?

Where is social justice going?

What conclusions should Christians come to about social justice?