The Social Jesus Podcast
A podcast where we talk about the intersection of faith and social justice, and what a first-century, Jewish, prophet of the poor from Galilee offers us today in our work of love, compassion and justice.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Preferential Options and Patriarchy
Mark 5:21-43
It initially looks like this story will affirm the social assumption that if we take care of those considered less than in our society then there won’t be enough for everyone else, assu…
00:19:17 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
When the Wind and Waves Threaten Justice
Mark 4:35-41
It seems like, no matter what area of justice we are working for, whenever we take three steps forward the winds and waves push us two steps back. Working from of a place of love to mak…
00:19:42 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Hope Despite Appearances
Mark 4:26-34
Just as we don’t have to understand how seeds work in order to plant the seeds, we don’t always have to understand how our world is going to be put right to take the first steps in resh…
00:16:10 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
Labelling Social Justice as Dangerous
Mark 3:20-24
“The Beelzebul controversy makes me think of how certain Christians have feared the women’s liberation movement, opposed the abolition of slavery, or are still opposed to making our wor…
00:18:25 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
The Sabbath and Social Justice
Mark 2:23-3:6
“Are there times when we have interpreted our own Jesus following in ways that have become death dealing for our society? Is our practice of Christianity socially life-giving? Are we o…
00:16:13 |
Thu 30 May 2024
Reuniting the Material and the Spiritual
John 3:1-17
“This division between the flesh and the spirit, between the physical, material world and the spiritual has born seriously destructive fruit throughout Christianity. The Jesus in the syn…
00:14:57 |
Thu 23 May 2024
Pentecost as Connectedness and Distributive Justice
John 15:26-27; 16:4-15; Acts 2:1-4
“In the synoptic Gospels and the book of Acts, we see a fruit of the Spirit included the restoration of social justice. In these stories, whether the Spirit is pou…
00:18:27 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Sent to be Socially Life-Giving
John 17:6-19
“Although we may be different, we belong to each other. What affects one affects us all. We either thrive together or decline and wither together. Humanity is far from homogeneous, but …
00:15:40 |
Fri 10 May 2024
Loving One Another and Social Justice
John 15:9-17
“Whatever we say about love, the Jesus of the gospels, and the Divine, these beliefs about love must transform us into more loving human beings. We can teach, preach, and believe in lov…
00:14:27 |
Thu 02 May 2024
Different Kinds of Christianity Produce Different Kinds of Fruit
John 15:1-8
“Today, it is no secret that many kinds of Christianity are failing to produce the kind of fruit that makes this world a better place. We can, if we choose, be a part of shaping a world …
00:16:17 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
The Good Shepherd and a Socially Just World
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00:16:08 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Resurrection as Injustice Undone
Luke 24:36-48
Whatever we make of the resurrection stories today, reading them through much more scientific lenses, we cannot ignore the fact that nowhere in these passages is Jesus’ death lifted up…
00:18:27 |
Thu 11 Apr 2024
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