Social Justice

Doug Wilson: [A]ny evangelical church, denomination, publisher, magazine, study center, society, or seminary, or any other collective Christian thing that we might fashion or think up, that is not in an open, unremitting and hostile war against every form of social justice, identity politics, or wokeness of any sort, is an entity that is doomed.

“The dissolution of the academy into intersectional turf wars is already an old story. But Williams’ sad tale points to something beyond that. She notes that ‘diversity’ was scarcely mentioned on the panel… ‘The panel wasn’t really about any of that, or even ultimately about race, but rather about how to destroy classics.’” - Robespierre’s road

“…those two things are not mutually exclusive. Fighting for equality and trusting solely in Christ are not mutually exclusive. In fact, those two things go hand in hand.” - A Day in His Court

“Appearing on stage with MacArthur, [Al Mohler, Mark Dever, and Ligon Duncan] were asked about the apparent rare point of disagreement in matters of public theology at the conference sponsored by Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where MacArthur is pastor/teacher.” - BNG

“[M]illennial evangelicals are increasingly distancing themselves from modern Israel, [Gerald McDermott, Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School] said, in part because they want to distance themselves from their parents, who tend to support Israel enthusiastically.” - Christian Post

“…social justice is nonsense. Now, when I say ‘nonsense,’ I mean nonsensical, as in lacking interior logic and definitional rigor.” - Jonah Goldberg

“The emerging Millennial interest in ‘justice’ creates a fascinating dynamic for close observers of American culture. Moral relativism, the deconstruction of all objective-truth claims, was sold as the inevitable future just a generation ago. Not only has relativism failed to conquer our cultural landscape.

Social Justice and the Gospel

“It’s a lesson that has been reinforced repeatedly by the cyclical rhythm of church history. … When one merges human amelioration of suffering and injustice with divine remediation of sin, inevitably the purpose and impact of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ takes a backseat.” - Pyro