First, let me start this out by saying that Glenn Beck may be right. Yes, I know, you wouldn’t have guessed that from the title! But, Glenn Beck may be right. Perhaps his definition of social justice, or even perhaps of church, is a little bit different than mine.
To me, however, social justice must be at the heart of who the church is, and everything that the church does. But, what is social justice? Social justice is feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, helping the sick, imprisoned, poor, and needy. Social justice means bringing hope to the hopeless, and giving help to the helpless.
I don’t know, maybe I’m wrong, but Jesus seemed to place a pretty high emphasis on these things (see the latter verses of Matthew 25).
Mr. Beck said that if the term “social justice” is mentioned at your church, on the website, etc. that you should immediately leave that church because, in his opinion, that church could be a socialist congregation (or even a communist congregation) somehow in cahoots with the government.
Or, perhaps, if social justice is mentioned at your church, it means that your leaders have actually read the Gospels, and are seeking to live out their lives in the image of their Lord Jesus.
I guess you’ll have to discern which is true.
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