Stand for Justice

By Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

Stand for Justice is Micah 6:8 for teens: "what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Its twelve chapters run in three movements. God's Heart Burns teaches readers to learn to do good, defend the weak, bring good news to the poor, and open their mouths. Justice in Real Life works through the Samaritan who stopped for the one everyone walked past, deed over talk, the least of these, and pure religion. Justice That Lasts follows Amos's call for justice to roll on like waters, warns against growing weary, welcomes the sojourner at a table where a seat is saved, and ends clothed in compassion. The book's triad is See. Feel. Act. Its deeds are concrete: Andre's backpack of food for hungry classmates, a visit to the lonely, sitting with the kid everyone excludes. Every chapter ends with Your move this week. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible. The book closes with A Personal Invitation: Give Your Life to Jesus Christ, with the Sinner's Prayer in full. Written from a Christian worldview — Scripture first.

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