social justice

Christian leaders are calling for prayer, peace and reform after the release of video footage showing Memphis, Tenn., police officers brutally beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who died three days later.

I have pursued justice my entire Christian life. Yet I am about as “anti-social justice” as they come—not because I have abandoned my obligation to “strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14), but because I believe the current concept of social justice is incompatible with biblical Christianity.

Demands for justice may be getting louder and louder, but that doesn’t mean we are making progress as a society. The only worldview framework solid enough to groundhuman dignity and justice in human history is Christianity. True justice is a matter of honoring God and honoring the image of God inherent in every human person, and is grounded in God’s love for humanity, our love of God, and our love of neighbor.

Evangelicals for Social Action have announced that because of the term "Evangelicals'" political connotation, they are changing the group's name to Christians for Social Action.

A social justice activist is calling for the removal of murals, stained-glass windows and statues that depict Jesus as White.

In a recent interview, Dean of Theology at African Christian University, Voddie Baucham, urged Christians to understand the difference between social justice and Biblical justice. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. echoed this pain, saying, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” For the purposes of this article, “our friends” are my silent siblings in the family of God.

In 2018, Pastor John MacArthur warned Christians not to allow the line between social justice and the church blur and called out Evangelical Christians for their "obsession" with the social justice movement.

Though the long-term effects of the coronavirus are yet to be determined, what is clear is that the crisis has forced every one of us to change deeply rooted habits and behavior just to survive.

Christian rapper Lecrae visited Yale University recently to talk about mental health and social justice.