Little Thing #10: Pursue Justice

Are you tired of grand, empty religious gestures? Do you suspect that what you do on Sunday matters less than how you live on Tuesday? This week, we dive deep into Micah 6:8, the most famous summary of God’s will, and discover the "little things" that truly matter: doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly with God. The prophet Micah asks: What does God want? Thousands of rams? Rivers of oil? Your firstborn child? He rejects all of it, saying that all the grand ceremonies and sacrifices in the world are meaningless if we miss the bigger picture. We’ll explore the consistent message of the Old Testament prophets—from Amos’s call for justice to roll down like waters, to Jeremiah’s demand to stop oppressing the widow and the sojourner. We discuss the difference between Orthodoxy (right belief) and Orthopraxy (right action), and why the prophets say orthopraxy matters even more. Finally, we’ll take a hard look at modern failures to execute justice—from the political theater to the rise of "Social Justice Warrior" as an insult—and find the only source of true righteousness: Jesus Christ. If you’ve ever felt that church was distracting you from your actual life, this episode is for you.