Sessions Include:

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #1
A Call to Accountability
Amos 5:18–24

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #2
A Prayer for Justice
Habakkuk 1

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #3
Consequences for Injustice
Habakkuk 2

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #4
An Argument Against Corruption|
Micah 3:1–4, 9–12; 6:6–8

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #5
Need for Just Leaders
Malachi 2:1–9; 3:5, 6

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #6
A Just Servant
Isaiah 42:1–9

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #7
A Resurrected Savior
1 Corinthians 15:1–8, 12–14, 20–23, 42–45

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #8
An Executed Scoundrel
Esther 7:1–10

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #9
A Justice-Loving God
Isaiah 61:8–11; 62:2–4a

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #10
Prophesying Restoration
Zephaniah 3:14–20

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #11
Promising Peace
Zechariah 8:1 – 17

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #12
Practice Justice
Jeremiah 21:8–14

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #13
Repent of Injustice
Jeremiah 22:1–10

Justice and the Prophets, Lesson #14
Pursue Love and Justice
Hosea 11:1 – 10; 12:1 – 14

I recently met with Heather, a woman who attends my church in New York City. After graduating from Harvard Law School she landed a lucrative job with a major law firm in Manhattan. It was a dream come true for most aspiring young professionals. She was a high-powered corporate lawyer, she was “living the life” in the big city, and yet it was all strangely unsatisfying. She wanted to make a difference in the lives of individuals, and she was concerned about those in society who could not afford the kind of fees her clients paid her firm. For a fraction of her former salary, she became an assistant district attorney for New York County, where so many of the criminals she prosecutes are those who have been exploiting the poor, particularly poor women.

When I was professor at a theological seminary in the mid-eighties, one of my students was a young man named Mark Gornik. One day we were standing at the copier and he told me that he was about to move into Sandtown, one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore. I remember being quite surprised. When I asked him why, he said simply, “to do justice.” It had been decades since any white people had moved into Sandtown. For the first couple of years there it was touch and go. Mark told a reporter, “The police thought I was a drug dealer, and the drug dealers thought I was a police officer. So, for a while there, I didn’t know who was going to shoot me first.” Yet over the years Mark, along with leaders in the community, established a church and a comprehensive set of ministries that have slowly transformed the neighborhood.16

Although both Heather and Mark were living comfortable, safe lives, they became concerned about the most vulnerable, poor, and marginalized members of our society, and they made long-term personal sacrifices in order to serve their interests, needs, and cause.

That is, according to the Bible, what it means to “do justice.”

Timothy Keller, Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just, 1st ed. (New York: Dutton, 2010), 1–2.

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