Social Justice and Christianity ... are they related? You decide!

Unfortunately, we will have to wait until May 1, 2010 to buy a copy ... but its timing couldn't have been more perfect! It puts the Beck affair to rest, I think.

But in the meantime, the following tidbits from the Holy Bible taken from an excellent site that I found while Googling about the web might provide a starter:

Leviticus 19:18: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". This was quoted with emphasis by our Lord on one occasion (Matt. 22:39), and on another occasion gave rise to the parable of the Good Samaritan. It was also reinforced by both Paul (Romans 13:9 and Galatians 5:14) and James (ch. 2:8). Both our Lord and Paul declared that this commandment summed up the Law. It can therefore be taken to sum up the social duty of the Christian.

And its Biblical implications are both wide and demanding. The injunctions in both Testaments to be concerned for the poor and needy, and to be upright. just and merciful in all our dealings with others, are written plain for all to see.

Our Lord also summed up social responsibility on another occasion by saying (Matt. 7:12): "All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets." And the Christian's social responsibility does not end with his fellow-Christian, though this is his first priority.

The example of our Lord Himself, and Paul's remark in Galatians 6:10. make it clear that this responsibility extends to everybody.