This document discusses connecting faith to justice and the needs of the city. It addresses two disconnects between only meeting human needs versus only preaching the gospel. Several bible passages are cited that speak to loving your neighbor and doing for others as doing for God. The risks and reasons for doing justice are explored. Recommendations are given to choose someone over everyone, witness over words, and action over reaction when doing justice. The document encourages getting connected to do justice.

1. FALL 2014
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2. THE LIFE
CONNECTED
“IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER”
Colossians 1:17
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3. CHRIST
THE NEEDS OF
THE CITY
DAILY LIFE
EACH OTHER
FAITH
COMMUNITY
JUSTICE
VOCATION

4. JUSTICE
Connecting to the
Needs of Our City
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5. TWO DISCONNECTS
“All that
matters is
MEETING
HUMAN
NEEDS !”
“All that
matters is
PREACHING
THE
GOSPEL!”

6. The RATIONALE
For JUSTICE

7. Luke 10:27-28
“You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your strength, and
with all your mind; and your
neighbor as yourself… do this, and
you will live.”

8. Matthew 25:40
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers and
sisters of mine, you did for me.”

9. The RISKS
Of Doing JUSTICE
“Bear each other’s burdens…”

10. Luke 10:31-33
“Now by chance a priest was going down
that road; and when he saw him, he
passed by on the other side. So likewise
a Levite… But a Samaritan while
travelling came near him; and when he
saw him, he was moved with pity.”

11. The REASON
To Do JUSTICE

12. John 3:17
“For God did not send his Son into
the world to condemn the world, but
to save the world through him.”

13. Some
RECOMMENDATIONS
For doing JUSTICE
1. Choose Someone over Everyone
2. Choose Witness over Words
3. Choose Action over Reaction

14. GET CONNECTED
“Christianity has been specially advanced
through the loving service rendered to
strangers, and through their care for the
burial of the dead. It is a scandal that that
these Galileans care not only for their own
poor but for ours as well.”
Emperor Julian