Round the Sphere
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:28PM
rebecca in links

Two from Gospel Coalition blogs.

The Lord’s Supper
We commemorate Christ by looking up, back, forward, outward, inward, and around. (Juan Sanchez at The Gospel Coalition Blog)

Social Justice
I’ve got to admit that trendy terms makes me queasy and this particular jargonish expression has a double dose of blechishness for me. If I had my way, we’d simply call it justice when we are giving people what is  rightly owed to  them, and works of mercy or compassion when we feed the hungry and provide clothing, shelter, etc. for the needy. Who knows what the term social justice really means, anyway? 

Still, I’m pointing you to Kevin DeYoung’s series of posts examining major “social justice” passages in scripture. “My contention”, he says, “is that these passages say more and less than we think, more about God’s heart for justice than some realize, and less about contemporary ‘social justice’ than many imagine.” All in all, DeYoung will look at seven texts, and these are the first three.

  1. Isaiah 1
  2. Isaiah 58
  3. Jeremiah 22
Article originally appeared on Rebecca Writes (http://rebecca-writes.com/).
See website for complete article licensing information.