Let Justice Roll Down
His brother died in his arms, shot by a deputy marshall. He was beaten and tortured by the sheriff and state police. But through it all he returned good for evil, love for hate, progress for prejudice, and brought hope to black and white alike. The story of John Perkins is no ordinary story. Rather, it is a gripping portrayal of what happens when faith thrusts a person into the midst of a struggle against racism, oppression, and injustice. It is about the costs of discipleship--the jailings, the floggings, the despair, the sacrifice. And it is about the transforming work of faith that allowed John to respond to such overwhelming indignities with miraculous compassion, vision, and hope.
Top Highlights
“The whole idea of you going back there was to get people saved. Don’t you think you are getting away from that?’ Like I say, I did a lot of thinking. Salvation, of course, was both the foundation and the goal and everything in between. Or was it? What did the Bible mean by ‘brothers in Christ’?” (source)
“There were churches for black folks all around, but the religion they got there was not for learning; it was just for getting emotional and for socializing. I wanted to catch their hearts with the truth that had caught my heart—that the Bible was for learning, real learning about God.” (source)
“For a person whose whole life is wrapped up in his possessions—his house or his car or anything else that can be lost—physical loss is the same as losing part of himself.” (source)
“If I hadn’t become a Christian, I would have become a Black Muslim. Their strict devotion and discipline have always appealed to me.” (source)
“I had always looked at black Christians as sort of inferior people whose religion had made them gullible and submissive” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Let Justice Roll Down
- Authors:
- Perkins, John M.
- Claiborne, Shane
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2006
- ISBN: 9781441224323
John M. Perkins is cofounder of the Christian Community Development Association and director of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development in Jackson, Mississippi. He is the author of many books, including Let Justice Roll Down, named by Christianity Today as one of the top fifty books that have shaped evangelicals.