There seems to me to be an odd dichotomy in the circles of Christianity that I see. You can either follow Jesus and care about social justice, or follow Jesus and care about Bible teaching and being saved. There aren't a whole lot of people who seem to combine the two well.
I really liked the post (link below) by Scot McKnight on the topic. He says that Christians seem to be passionate about either justification (being saved by Jesus' death) or justice (sharing God's heart for the poor). But Jesus was on about both - if you hold onto only one, you'll miss half of what Jesus cared about. If you focus on Jesus, however, you'll get both justification and justice.
He says it with much more eloquence and nuance: The three "J"s in the gospel debate.
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