Any time I get to talk with Drew Jackson, it is a complete joy for me! And, as you may have guessed from that opening statement, Drew is no stranger to the podcast (I highly encourage you to catch our other conversations about his books of poetry on the coming of Christ and the Gospel of Luke). This time, he’s here talking about his study in the Made for Pax series, Let Peace Reign: Love, Justice, and Dignity in God’s Kingdom–A 6-Week Interactive Bible Study with Video Access by Drew Edward Jackson, and it is a good one! There are lots of conversations about peace and unity right now in our Christian communities, but what does that really mean? What does peace look like when there seems to be so much strife and injustice all around us? How can we follow the example of Jesus, especially as he announces his ministry in Luke, in our current contexts today? This conversation and study are incredible places to start diving deeply into those questions and more.
Mentioned in this episode:
Let Peace Reign: Love, Justice, and Dignity in God’s Kingdom–A 6-Week Interactive Bible Study with Video Access by Drew Edward Jackson
Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Alexis, today was the first time I have listened to your podcast in some months. I appreciated and agreed with much of what you and Drew spoke about. I was raised as a catholic ( with the schooling) and came to faith at 20 yrs of age. I was first rounded up by the baptists and then the assemblies and then the foursquare and then the vineyards. I have spent the last 45 years as a conservative evangelical. The last 9 yrs the Trinity has broken me and then reassembled to what feels like a no man’s land. A conservative whose heart has been pierced by the call to justice by the prophets. I attempt to speak to this as opportunity presents itself within my evangelical community. You grabbed my heart there. I have spent much of the last 9 years trying to understand what happened to the church, its sin, its dividings and its impotence. Thomas Thurman’s book The Disenfranchised helped me see that both sides of every aisle are just living for survival and in doing so share a common sin. I am not a scholar in the common sense but am a wonderer who flips over stones. I would like to share a few thoughts with you.