For thousands of years, religious messages have been used to either uphold the status quo or upend it.
As we join this struggle for liberation, we are joining the God who riots alongside us, within us, and through us..
The spirit of this God is embodied in today\'s protests, riots, and strikes.
In The God Who Riots , popular YouTuber and public theologian Damon Garcia uses his frank, tell-it-like-it-is style to connect us with the Jesus who flipped tables in the temple and led an empire-destabilizing movement for liberation.
Jesus said the Spirit of the Lord anointed him to let the oppressed go free, and those of us who claim to follow Jesus today must commit to this Radical mission of liberation.
Again and again God chooses the side of the oppressed.
When we look at Scripture, we see that the God of the Bible was never neutral.
True justice requires action.
True justice requires us to choose sides.
And while we are all very familiar with the kind of conservative Christianity that suppresses liberation and justifies oppression, progressive Christians are just as guilty of upholding unjust systems when we prioritize harmony and unity over justice.
For thousands of years, religious messages have been used to either uphold the status quo or upend it
