Why mixing up social justice and biblical justice matters

Why mixing up social justice and biblical justice matters

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Some see the evangelical debate about social justice as a disagreement on strategy or emphasis. But it is much more than that. If the language of social justice is incompatible with biblical justice, then using it to connect with our culture is not an error of strategy but a change in theology.

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