Quote of Note #234: True Biblical Justice

~ gachorpenning

“I’ve come to understand that justice is an act of reconciliation that restores any part of God’s creation to its original intent, purpose, or image. Justice is making right any of the many things that have gone wrong in this very good world that God made–and among the very good beings He created to inhabit it.”

John M. Perkins, Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2017, page 207.

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Pastor Note #98: Hearing Our Neighbors’ Cry of Distress: A White Pastor Talks to his White Congregation about Race
Pastor Notes #11: A Desperate Act by One of the Least of These

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I am a husband, father, and grandfather. The southwestern Pennsylvania is currently home, though I've called several other places home before this. I maintain a YouTube channel of Bible teaching videos and a podcast of Bible teaching audio. I like to make things out of wood and other materials. I like taking photographs and use a lot of them in my blog posts. For thirty-nine years, I served as a pastor of churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York.

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