Perspectives Pastors Podcast, Season 2 Episode 22: Imago Dei – Socio-Economic Positions
Feb 23, 2025
Summary
The conversation of Imago Dei continues in this week’s episode of Perspectives Pastors Podcast. And this time, Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany are looking at people across the entire socio-economic spectrum, as inspired by James 2:1-8, 14-18. It’s a biblical passage that called upon Christians to honor all people, regardless of financial position. It’s an interesting digital Bible Study that unpacks several threads.
Detail
The conversation of Imago Dei continues in this week’s episode of Perspectives Pastors Podcast. And this time, Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany are looking at people across the entire socio-economic spectrum, as inspired by James 2:1-8, 14-18. It’s a biblical passage that called upon Christians to honor all people, regardless of financial position.
It’s an interesting digital Bible Study that unpacks several threads, including:
- The common pitfalls of money: envy, judgment, and selfishness.
- The concept that “faith without works is dead” – and the debate of if faith alone save us.
- Our country’s correlation between capitalism and racism, and the real need to assess the systems and institutions that continue to perpetuate the narrative of who is in and who is out, who is rich and who is poor.
- Our continued unwillingness to build relations with those in different socio-economic positions than ourselves because of the importance that we place on our own comfort levels.
If you would like to continue the conversation, we invite you to join our in-person Convergence Discussion Group or our online Patreon group as you ponder the following discussion questions:
- How does envy, selfishness, or judgment show up in your life?
- What does dead faith look like?
- What might our faith have us do with the widening gap between the rich and the poor?
What is Patreon?
Our online community has started to grow, so we’ve launched a Patreon channel! Located at Patreon.com/fumcsd, it’s a place where you can discuss the ideas from each episode, access some additional resources, and help support our digital ministry. When you become a free member, you’ll unlock the ability to discuss answers posed in each week’s podcast episode. There is also an option to unlock some extras by becoming a paid supporter at $5 or $10 per month.
