Adventist Peace Radio, Episode 46: Quarterly Lesson 8—The Least of These

Welcome to Adventist Peace Radio, the podcast of the Adventist Peace Fellowship. This episode continues our series following the Quarterly lesson study. This episode is Lesson 8—The Least of These (August 17–23, 2019).

This episode features Dr. Willie Hucks, who joins co-hosts Nathan Brown, Lisa Diller, and Jeff Boyd to discuss [some of] the teachings of Jesus regarding justice, peace, and compassion. Willie Edward Hucks II serves as an associate professor of Christian Ministry (specializing in homiletics and urban ministry) and Chair of the Christian Ministry Department at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University. Having spent many years as a district pastor in large cities, he brings a passion for and understanding of the critical relationship between the church and its community.

We would like to thank ADRA, Signs Publishing, and Adventist Record magazine for supporting this quarter’s lesson study and for promoting our podcast. Visit ADRA.org to learn more about ADRA, the international humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Their work centers on delivering justice, compassion, and love through community development projects and emergency response in more than 130 countries around the world.

RESOURCES

Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (Walter Wink, 2003)
Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Walter Wink, 1992)
Kingdom Ethics (Glen Stassen & David Gushee, 2003)
The Least of These: Ministering to Those in Need (Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide, July–Sept 2019). Available: Local Seventh-day Adventist church, Online, App (Google Play | iTunes).
For the Least of These (Nathan Brown, 2019). Available: Adventist Book Center, Amazon.com. US residents can order a copy through ADRA and pay only $3 for shipping. Order here: ADRA.org/LeastOfThese.
Find more resources at AdventistPeace.org/Quarterly.

CONCLUSION

Thank you for joining us for this episode of Adventist Peace Radio. If you appreciated this conversation based on the Quarterly series, we hope you’ll share the episode far and wide. Let your friends and Sabbath School class know about it.

There are a number of ways you can stay connected during this series. First, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or Spotify. Second, you can find resources in the show notes for each episode on our APF website. These episodes are posted on the regular podcast page – adventistpeace.org/podcast. And we also have a special page dedicated to this series – adventistpeace.org/quarterly. There you can find some supplemental resources, a short video introducing this project, and the list of featured extremists for love, to borrow King’s phrase. And third, you can engage on Twitter, Facebook, or the APF website, sharing your thoughts and as well as the links with others.

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MUSIC: Our theme music is “Green Fields” by Scott Holmes, and this is available at the Free Music Archive.

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