Progressive/Social Justice LensLines™

In Matthew 2:1-12, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable—today, not someday.

: Through the margins, it meets us gently—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.

If 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting.

calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.

is inconvenient on purpose—God interrupts comfort to liberate the oppressed—today, not someday.

Luke 17:5-10, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable—today, not someday.

In Isaiah 50:4-9a, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable—today, not someday.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings—today, not someday.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

If Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 threatens your “normal,” ask who your normal has been hurting—today, not someday.

71:1-6 insists that worship without justice is noise, not devotion—today, not someday.

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

: Through the margins, it doesn’t flatter us—demands a faith that repairs harm and includes the excluded.

makes room for the wounded: God sees the overlooked and calls the Church to solidarity.

names what we avoid: neutrality in injustice is still a choice—today, not someday.

invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings—today, not someday.

makes room for the wounded: God sees the overlooked and calls the Church to solidarity.

invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings—today, not someday.

In Isaiah 60:1-6, compassion isn’t optional—it’s the shape of faithful discipleship—today, not someday.

invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings.

makes room for the wounded: God sees the overlooked and calls the Church to solidarity.

In Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21, love becomes public: the kingdom confronts systems that crush the vulnerable.

Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 makes room for the wounded: God sees the overlooked and calls the Church to solidarity.