Social Justice and its Dangers
Justice is an attribute which is consistently ascribed to God in Scripture and presented as a defining characteristic of his reign ( Deut. 32:4; Ps. 97:2; Isa. 30:18b; Rev. 15:3; etc.). Because he is just, he calls us to live justly with one another (Gen. 18:19; Ps. 33:5; Jer. 5:1; Mic. 6:8; etc.). This call includes laboring to form a just society (Deut. 1:13-17; 16:18-20; Isa. 1:16-17; Jer. 22:3; Amos 5:15, 24; etc.). This is not merely incidental to our call, but integral to it. Pursuing justice—both personally and in broader society—is one of the weightier matters of the law (Matt. 23:23). It is, in fact, one of the ways in which we live by the golden rule and fulfill the command, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:39; Jas. 2:8). There are few who would argue against justice as the foundation of civilized society, but there is perhaps less consensus now than at any point in our nation’s hist...