Selma: Courage to Cross the Bridge - Progressive (Joshua 1:9)
Crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge required courage—state troopers waited, violence was certain. Yet they walked. Progressive theology reads Joshua 1:9 as call to justice-seeking courage. God's presence empowers confrontation with unjust systems. "Be strong and courageous" applies to civil rights marchers, border advocates, climate activists. The command assumes opposition; the promise guarantees presence. Joshua faced Canaanite powers; marchers faced Jim Crow powers. Both needed courage; both had promise. "The LORD your God is with you"—even on that bridge, even facing batons, even now.
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