Ep. 9 - Lessons About Justice from Multiracial Churches with Rev. Dr. Efrem Smith

Join us as Rev. Dr. Efrem Smith, Co-Lead Pastor of Midtown Church in Sacramento, joins the podcast to discuss lessons the Church can learn about justice from multiracial churches; why diversity is not the end goal for multiethnic churches; how local action can have extraordinary kingdom impact; and more.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

Raising Up Young Heroes - https://www.ivpress.com/raising-up-young-heroes 

The Hip Hop Church - https://www.ivpress.com/the-hip-hop-church 

Jump - ​​https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19170292-jump 

The Post-Black and Post-White Church - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506463476/The-Post-Black-and-Post-White-Church 

Killing Us Softly - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30962335-killing-us-softly 

Church for Everyone - https://www.ivpress.com/church-for-everyone 

Influential Global Ministries on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@InfluentialGlobalMinistries 

United by Faith - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/united-by-faith-9780195177527?cc=us&lang=en& 

Divided by Faith - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/divided-by-faith-9780195147070?cc=us&lang=en& 

The New Jim Crow - https://newjimcrow.com/

Ep. 8 - Starting a Justice-Focused Podcast with Erik and Bethany Beck

Join us as the script gets flipped and Erik answers some questions about starting the podcast and goals for Biblical Justice Resources.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@BiblicalJusticeResources

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources

Links:

Santa Biblia by Justo Gonzalez - https://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687014521/

Ep. 7 - Justice and Human Flourishing with Dr. Chris Brooks

Join us as Dr. Chris Brooks, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clarendon Capital Ventures, discusses how his breadth of experience informed his call to pursue what he defines as biblical economic justice; how investment in Black and Brown owned companies domestically and internationally promotes flourishing; and the lessons the Church can learn as we think about replacing human suffering with human flourishing in Jesus’ name.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 


Links:

Omówálé - https://itascabooks.com/products/omowale-one-mans-justice-journey?_pos=1&_sid=958e8581e&_ss=r 

Clarendon Capital Ventures - https://clarendoncapitalventures.com/ 

Human Flourishing Program - https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/ 

What Britain Did to Nigeria - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57319829-what-britain-did-to-nigeria 

United Church - https://united.online/ 

Sanctuary Covenant Church - https://sanctuarycov.org/ 

South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Truth-and-Reconciliation-Commission-South-Africa

Ep. 6 - Biblical Justice Review (So Far)

Join us as we review some key takeaways about the definition of biblical justice from our first episodes.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

Awareness-Education-Engagement cycle - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHo2jCDpfSb/?igsh=MTFnczdxNWtybTZyMA==

Ep. 5 - Faithfully Engage Information with Rachel Wightman

Join us as Rachel Wightman, Associate Director of Library and Academic Support at Concordia University, St. Paul and author of Faith and Fake News: A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely, helps us think about what it looks like to thoughtfully engage information, how our methods of intentionally finding resources online translates to finding resources offline, and why it’s so important to think about this as a Christian.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

Faith and Fake News - https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802882455/faith-and-fake-news/ 

Pew Research Social Media and News Fact Sheet - ​​https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/ 

Minnesota Star Tribune - https://www.startribune.com/ 

News Literacy Project - https://newslit.org/ 

Reuters Fact Check - https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/ 

AP Fact Check - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check 

AllSides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news 

The Center for Humane Technology - https://www.humanetech.com/ 

Verified - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/V/bo207015182.html 

Think Again - https://adamgrant.net/book/think-again/ 

Ep. 4 - The Long Work of Justice with Michelle Ferrigno Warren

Michelle Ferrigno Warren, President of Virago Strategies (a consulting group which provides strategic engagement and project management support for churches and nonprofits stepping more deeply into the work of public justice), joins the podcast to discuss putting biblical justice into action.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

The Power of Proximity - https://www.ivpress.com/the-power-of-proximity?srsltid=AfmBOoot7b8IE30NKDw721G4PLHs1Rmnbw-lO3ZOQxCvWwvgDp8YRx7v 

Join the Resistance - https://www.ivpress.com/join-the-resistance 

Nicholas Wolterstorff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wolterstorff 

Justice - https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691146300/justice?srsltid=AfmBOoqs7xI24_E-qeK_Hu6MDzlK2_SfT-ox-FS77u1h4fJwzuyIFvBf 

Open Door Ministries - https://www.odmdenver.org/  

Dr. John Perkins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Perkins 

CCDA - https://ccda.org/ 

Ep. 3 - Justice and Reconciliation with Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung

Rev. Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung joins the podcast to discuss the relationship between justice and reconciliation. You’ll also learn more about his journey to this work, how he has vocationally practiced and taught biblical justice, and some more recommendations for how you can be resourced for the pursuit of biblical justice.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

Sojourners Magazine - https://sojo.net/ 

Christianity Today - https://www.christianitytoday.com/ 

The Christian Century - https://www.christiancentury.org/ 

Books by Curtiss Paul DeYoung:

Living Faith: How Faith Inspires Social Justice: Revised and Expanded Edition (2026, original 2007) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/579742.Living_Faith 

The Risk of Being Woke: Sermonic Reflections for Activists - https://www.judsonpress.com/Products/J311/the-risk-of-being-woke.aspx 

Becoming Like Creoles: Living and Leading at the Intersections of Injustice, Culture, and Religion with Jacqueline J. Lewis, Micky ScottBey Jones, Robyn Afrik, Sarah Thompson Nahar, Sindy Morales Garcia, and ‘Iwalani Ka’ai - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506455563/Becoming-Like-Creoles 

Reconciliation: God’s Timeless Call to Justice, Healing, and Transformation (2019, reprint edition, 1997 original title, Reconciliation: Our Greatest Challenge; Our Only Hope) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50091756-reconciliation 

Views from the Mountain: Select Writings of James Earl Massey edited with Barry L. Callen - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43391555-views-from-the-mountain 

Homecoming: A “White” Man’s Journey through Harlem to Jerusalem - https://wipfandstock.com/9781498225182/homecoming/ 

Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism with Allan Boesak - https://orbisbooks.com/products/radical-reconciliation 

Beyond Rhetoric: Reconciliation as a Way of Life with Samuel Hines - https://wipfandstock.com/9781610972147/beyond-rhetoric/ 

The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible edited with Wilda C. Gafney, Leticia Guardiola-Saenz, George “Tink” Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9780800697020/The-Peoples-Companion-to-the-Bible 

Coming Together in the 21st Century: The Bible’s Message in an Age of Diversity - https://www.judsonpress.com/Products/J125/coming-together-in-the-21st-century.aspx 

The Peoples’ Bible, New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha edited with Wilda C. Gafney, Leticia Guardiola-Saenz, George “Tink” Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada - https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506482491/The-Peoples-Bible 

United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race with

Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/united-by-faith-9780195177527?cc=us&lang=en& 

Coming Together: The Bible’s Message in an Age of Diversity - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/579744.Coming_Together

Ep. 2 - Teaching Biblical Justice with Dr. Patty Pell

Dr. Patty Pell, Associate Professor of Theology, Justice, and Advocacy at Denver Seminary and Executive Director of The Gospel Initiative at Denver Seminary, joins the podcast to discuss the work of both TJA and TGI, how individuals inside and outside the seminary are learning about justice, and the broad reach of justice as a process across disciplines and social issues.

Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 

Links:

Denver Seminary TJA program - https://denverseminary.edu/program/master-of-arts/ma-in-theology-justice-and-social-advocacy/ 

The Gospel Initiative - https://denverseminary.edu/resources/gospel-initiative/ 

The Mission of God by Christopher Wright - https://www.ivpress.com/the-mission-of-god?srsltid=AfmBOorb-5D3UfQO3-NIej_mnIHDogvF4G1bHmghjtvC7awSfegZWw8O 

Walter Bruggeman - https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/ 

Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf - https://religiousstudies.yale.edu/publications/exclusion-embrace-theological-exploration-identity-otherness-and-reconciliation 

Generous Justice by Tim Keller - https://timothykeller.com/books/generous-justice 

Justice by Nicholas Wolterstorff - https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691146300/justice?srsltid=AfmBOor3PFI0DT_FVgSSJDgW2orATIAFc4VbVH3aGlHVv22rmHrtrrtj 

Biblical Ethics and Social Change by Stephen Mott - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/biblical-ethics-and-social-change-9780199739370?cc=us&lang=en& 

The Bible and Social Justice ed. Cynthia Westfall and Bryan R. Dyer - https://wipfandstock.com/9781498238076/the-bible-and-social-justice/ 

Evicted by Matthew Desmond - https://evictedbook.com/

Ep. 1 - Biblical Justice and the Church with Rev. Edrin Williams

Pastor Edrin Williams, lead pastor of the Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN, joins to discuss what biblical justice looks like in the Church.


Find us online:

Website - https://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com/ 

Instagram - @biblicaljusticeresources

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@biblicaljusticeresources 

Patreon - patreon.com/BiblicalJusticeResources 


Links from the discussion:

Edrin Williams - @edrinspeaks

Sanctuary Covenant Church - https://sanctuarycov.org/ 

The Moth NPR - https://themoth.org/radio-hour 

ECC Antiracism Discipleship Pathway - https://covchurch.org/resource/antiracism-discipleship-pathway/ 

Northside Juneteenth Family Festival - https://www.facebook.com/events/1376246043382448/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D 

Efrem Smith - @efrem.smith

Dennis Edwards - @revdrdre

North Park Seminary - https://www.northpark.edu/seminary/ 

Tyler Burns - @gtylerburns

Pass the Mic - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pass-the-mic/id1435500798 

Jemar Tisby - @jemartisby

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson - @natashasrobinson

A Sojurner’s Truth - https://www.ivpress.com/a-sojourner-s-truth?srsltid=AfmBOooamBGTG-6fb4U1_cDCKJNJHFDRPpoxBe2nC55P9GUp6H1h571J 

CCDA - https://ccda.org/ 

Dominique Gilliard - @dominiquedgilliard

Rethinking Incarceration - https://www.ivpress.com/rethinking-incarceration?srsltid=AfmBOopBVaJ9wKiTOsqFzSRy1JZOSXWTRUFdmAQUCvFbszhSRGUYNT4M 

Soong-Chan Rah - @profrah

Podcast Trailer

The Biblical Justice Resources Podcast helps resource individuals and the Church for the pursuit of biblical justice. Join us weekly for conversations with scholars, pastors, and practitioners as they explain what biblical justice is, why it matters, and how to live it out as Christians.

Visit our website: ⁠http://www.biblicaljusticeresources.com

Patreon: / biblicaljusticeresources⁠  

YouTube:⁠ / @biblicaljusticeresources  

Instagram: @biblicaljusticeresources