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The Social Jesus Podcast

The Social Jesus Podcast

By: Herb Montgomery
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A podcast where we talk about the intersection of faith and social justice, and what a first-century, Jewish, prophet of the poor from Galilee offers us today in our work of love, compassion and justice.2024 The Social Jesus Podcast Christianity Spirituality
Episodes
  • Welcoming Prophets and the Justice Implications of a Cup of Cold Water

    Welcoming Prophets and the Justice Implications of a Cup of Cold Water
    Jun 25 2026
    Matthew 10:40-42 In this context, the “little ones” are those who possess little social power, little wealth, and little protection. They are people whose dignity and worth are often overlooked. For communities committed to following Jesus, the final portion of our reading this week is a call to cultivate practices of hospitality, mutual aid, and care. It reminds us that transformative change begins with seeing and valuing those whom others ignore. Feeding the hungry; welcoming immigrants; rejecting misogyny and racism; supporting marginalized communities including our LGBTQ family, friends, and neighbors; visiting the sick; and standing with those harmed by injustice are all modern expressions of offering “even a cup of cold water to these little ones." For more go to renewedheartministries.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    20 mins
  • The Cost of Compassion

    The Cost of Compassion
    Jun 18 2026
    Matthew 10:24-39 Our passage this week is a warning against allowing loyalty to tribe, nation, class, or family to override loyalty to the ethics of justice and compassion. Throughout history, movements for abolition, civil rights, labor rights, LGBTQ rights, and peace have often divided households because they challenged deeply rooted social norms. Taking up the way of love and justice means accepting the cost of doing so. It means standing with the marginalized even when doing so brings criticism, rejection, or loss. Jesus teaches that true life is found not in preserving our comfort and privilege, but in surrendering ourselves to the work of justice, restitution, and the transformation of society: making our world a safe, compassionate, just home for everyone. For more go to renewedheartministries.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    21 mins
  • The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few

    The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few
    Jun 11 2026
    Matthew 9:35-10:8 This passage also teaches that justice requires action, not mere sympathy. Jesus doesn't simply feel sorry for the crowds around him. He heals their diseases, restores marginalized people to community life, and commissions disciples to continue the work. The vision of justice in Matthew’s Gospel is therefore participatory: followers of Jesus are called to become “laborers” in the harvest. That means confronting suffering wherever it appears, whether through poverty, racism, gender privilege, LGBTQ phobias, economic inequality, violence, or exclusion. Compassion without action is incomplete. For more go to renewedheartministries.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    21 mins
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