Terms like "systemic sin" or "structural injustice" immediately make many people think of contemporary ideologies that they either strongly embrace or strongly oppose, such as socialism or the much-discussed (but poorly understood) critical race theory. These charged terms are often employed in vague or unhelpful ways.
The Bible has many examples of sin and injustice that are not purely individual—of evil that is bigger than the sum of the evildoers, and iniquity that reverberates through generations. How can we think more clearly and biblically about the nature of evil and injustice? Sin is many things in Scripture: an action, an identity, an agent or power, and the brokenness of structures and systems. People err when they don't grasp the Bible's full, complex picture of sin.
Michael Rhodes (PhD, Trinity College Bristol/University of Aberdeen) is a Lecturer in Old Testament at Carey Baptist College. He is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, author of Formative Feasting: Practices and Virtue Ethics in the Deuteronomic Tithe Meal and Corinthian Lord’s Supper (2022), and co-author of Practicing the King’s Economy: Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give.
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Show notes by Celina Durgin
Crying for Justice: Why We Should Pray the ‘Angry‘ Psalms (Trevor Laurence)
Reading the Bible While Black: The Crucial Perspective of the Black Church (Esau McCaulley)
Understanding Supersessionism and the Controversy over a TBM Article (Ari Lamm)
Prosperity, Responsibility, and Economics in the Torah (Michael Eisenberg)
How the Marginalized Church Reads the Bible, Part 1: Vince Bantu
Two Upcoming Series, Feat. Esau McCaulley, Rachael Denhollander, Others
Making Leaders Who Can Make Disciples (The Pillar Seminary)
Why Jesus‘ Judaism Matters (Jen Rosner)
Reading Evangelicals: Doctrine, Culture, and Popular Christian Fiction (Daniel Silliman)
Overcoming Common ‘Mistruths‘ We‘ve Heard in Church (Brent Strawn)
Narrative of Place: Why Historical and Geographical Context Matters (Cyndi Parker)
God Wears a Robe? Reading the Psalms as Poetry (Chip Hardy and Matt Mullins)
Proverbs 31 Isn't a Future-Wife Checklist (Dominick Hernandez)
Biblical Artist Series: Seeing Differently through Art (Steve Prince)
If Christians Read Scripture Like Jews Do, Continued (Ari Lamm)
Ancient Jewish Pilgrims and Sacrificial BBQ (Jeffrey Garcia)
Yes, You Can Learn Biblical Hebrew—and Why You Should! (Aleph with Beth)
Christians Shouldn't Be Stuck in the Present (David Moore)
Can You Understand Scripture without Background Knowledge?
The 'New Christian Zionism' Isn't Dispensationalist (Gerry McDermott)
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