What If Jesus Was Serious about Justice?
A Visual Guide to the Good News of God's Judgment and Mercy
by Skye Jethani
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Pub Date Feb 11 2025 | Archive Date Feb 21 2025
Baker Academic & Brazos Press | Brazos Press
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Description
In What If Jesus Was Serious about Justice?, Skye Jethani explores what the Bible really says about God's restorative justice and how he punishes evil and rewards good. The fifth in Jethani's popular What If Jesus Was Serious? series, this guide includes the author's hand-drawn illustrations in each accessible chapter.
Jethani examines the biblical understanding of justice as the restoration of right relationships both among people and between people and God. He considers themes of judgment and mercy in Jesus's ministry and explains Jesus's warnings about God's final judgment of those opposed to his kingdom of justice.
Readers will emerge with a better understanding of God's love, wrath, the cross, eternity, and more. In addition, Christians will find new ways to bridge the divide in the church over the importance of personal salvation and communal justice.
Advance Praise
“For far too long, many Christians have compartmentalized faith in a way that distorts the comprehensive gospel Jesus taught. This is especially true regarding matters of justice. For this reason, I’m thrilled that Skye Jethani has added this topic to his creative series of books. Skye Jethani offers robust theological insights in bite-sized servings, giving us just enough to chew on—and plenty to be changed by. If you’re looking for an introduction to a Christian understanding of justice, start here.”—Rich Villodas, lead pastor, New Life Fellowship; author of The Narrow Path
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781587436208 |
| PRICE | $18.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 1281795
Great overview of the heart behind Christian justice. Tries to urge more empathy from Christians.
(I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review)
Sarah F, Reviewer
*Read with highlighter in hand*
In his later in his series of books asking "What if Jesus Was...? Skye Jethani tackles the subject of Justice. Through 5 parts, he takes the reader through a cultural v. Biblical look at 5 seemingly contradictory positions: Order and Chaos, Horizontal and Vertical, Judgment and Mercy, Victory and Defeat, Reward and Punishment. The Introduction gave a basic overview of 'how we got here' with regards to the typical American Evangelical position on the word Justice.
A few key comments from my highlighter -
"Jesus commands us to both preach the gospel and pursue justice. "
"As with Pharaoh, however, fear causes us to misinterpret reality and ignore the nature of God's kingdom and justice."
"God's concern is when our hearts lack empathy and mercy for the suffering"
Silver Rule = Do No Harm Golden Rule = Love Like Self Platinum Rule = Love Like God
"If we are to use the teachings of Jesus and his apostles as our guide, then we must avoid bundling divine judgment, rather than and hell not a single take-it-or-leave-it doctrinal package"
I received an Advanced Reader Copy via NetGalley.
