Social Justice
Social Justice vs. Authentic Biblical Justice by Phil Johnson
At this year’s Great Awokening Conference Phil Johnson offered an excellent summary of the crucial difference between what is called “social justice” and true Biblical justice. I highly recommend it. Phil was also very helpful in the following interview. In the interview Phil mentions The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel — of which…
Credo Conference on The Church’s Response to Social Justice
The Church’s Response to Social Justice The local church is increasingly coming into contact with social justice with its pernicious influence. What exactly is social justice? How do Christians respond? How do we protect our local church? Attend this conference to hear Christian leaders address these questions and more! Speakers include Voddie Baucham Jr., Tom…
SBC Resolution 9: An Enemy Beachhead?
At the recent Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) a number of resolutions were adopted concerning issues facing the churches today. On the website containing the list of this year’s resolutions, they define a resolution this way: A resolution has traditionally been defined as an expression of opinion or concern, as compared to…
Social Justice And The Gospel: The Statement Framers Panel
Last Thursday I posted Voddie Baucham’s message on Defining Social Justice, which was one of a number of insightful messages at the recent conference entitled Social Justice & The Gospel: The God-breathed Hierarchy and the Postmodern Crisis within the Church. At the conference there was also a panel discussion with members of the group who…
“Defining Social Justice” by Dr. Voddie Baucham
Our regular readers may recall a post back in September concerning The Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel, as a well as a follow-up post entitled Explanation of the Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel, in which I gathered together in one place a series of articles written in defense of the statement…
Explanation of the Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel
Back in September I posted an article concerning the The Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel. Not surprisingly, this statement has drawn some criticism, and, given the nature and importance of the issues, it led the the team at the Reformation21 blog to invite the authors of the statement to write a series of…
The Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel
On Tuesday an important statement was issued by a group of Evangelical pastors. It is called The Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel and following is a list of its initial signers: John MacArthur Pastor, Grace Community Church Voddie Baucham VBM Phil Johnson Executive Director, Grace to You James White Director, Alpha and Omega…
John MacArthur on “Social Justice”
In a recent series of blog posts, John MacArthur helpfully addressed the issue of “social justice” from the standpoint of Scripture. In the first of these posts, John stresses the importance of confronting this issue: Evangelicalism’s newfound obsession with the notion of “social justice” is a significant shift—and I’m convinced it’s a shift that is…