Quarterly: The Least of These
Adventist Peace Radio, the podcast of the Adventist Peace Fellowship featured a special series during the third quarter of 2019 (July–September). Co-hosts Nathan Brown and Lisa Diller joined Jeff Boyd in leading the series, a weekly conversation following the Quarterly lesson study from Genesis to Revelation. The series featured a number of insightful and challenging conversation partners: Claudia Allen, Chris Blake, Joanna Darby, Margaret Howell, Willie Hucks, Patty Prasada Rao, Brenton Stacey, and Michelet William.
Nathan Brown is book editor at Signs Publishing Company in Melbourne, Australia, and primary instigator behind this Quarterly. Lisa Diller, PhD, is a history professor at Southern Adventist University and coordinator of the APF Peace Church Network. Jeff Boyd supports faculty research efforts at Andrews University, and he is director of the Adventist Peace Fellowship.
Links to each episode will be provided below, and you can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or Spotify.
Primary Resources:
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 also order Nathan’s book through ADRA and pay only $3 for shipping. Order now at ADRA.org/LeastOfThese. 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.
Interview with Nathan Brown (Adventist News Network, 8:25)
See additional resources below….
Episodes:
Introduction: Nathan Brown, Lisa Diller, and Jeff Boyd introduce the project. [play now]
Lesson 1: God Created (June 29–July 5). Featuring Joanna Darby. [play now]
Lesson 2: Blueprint for a Better World (July 6–12). [play now]
Lesson 3: Sabbath: A Day of Freedom (July 13–19). Featuring Claudia Allen. [play now]
Lesson 4: Mercy & Justice in Psalms & Proverbs (July 20–26). Featuring Margaret Howell. [play now]
Lesson 5: The Cry of the Prophets (July 27–Aug 2). Featuring Michelet William. [play now]
Lesson 6: Worship the Creator (Aug 3–9). Featuring Claudia Allen. [play now]
Lesson 7: Jesus and Those in Need (Aug 10–16). Featuring Patty Prasada Rao. [play now]
Lesson 8: The Least of These (Aug 17–23). Featuring Willie Hucks. [play now]
Lesson 9: Ministry in the New Testament Church (Aug 24–30). Featuring Brenton Stacey. [play now]
Lesson 10: Living the Gospel (Aug 31–Sept 6). Featuring Claudia Allen. [play now]
Lesson 11: Living the Advent Hope (Sept 7–13). Featuring Chris Blake. [play now]
Lesson 12: To Love Mercy (Sept 14–20). Featuring Patty Prasada Rao. [play now]
Supplemental Resources:
Welfare Ministry (Ellen White compilation, 1952). Available: Adventist Book Center, free online book.
Do Justice: Our Call to Faithful Living (Nathan Brown & Joanna Darby, eds., 2014). Available: Adventist Book Center or ebook on Amazon.com.
Engage: Faith that Matters (Nathan Brown, 2018). Available: Adventist Book Center or ebook on Amazon.com.
The Enduring Legacy of Ellen G White and Social Justice (Jonathan A. Thompson, 2017)
Church and Society: Missiological Challenges for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Rudi Maier, 2015)
Materials Referenced in the Series:
The following books and articles are meaningful to the series participants. These were either quoted or referenced in some way during the series.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree (James Cone, 2011)
Deepening the Soul for Justice (Bethany H. Hoang, 2012)
Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Walter Wink, 1992)
Good News about Injustice (Gary Haugen, 1999)
If You Can Eat . . . You Can Make Disciples: Sharing Faith in a Multi-faith World (Peter Roennfeldt, 2018)
Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way (Walter Wink, 2003)
The Just Church: Becoming a Risk-Taking, Justice-Seeking, Disciple-Making Congregation (Jim Martin, 2012)
“Karen Kotoske–Amistad: Helping Women and Children around the World” (Jeff Boyd, Journal of Adventist Education, 2013)
Kingdom Ethics (Glen Stassen & David Gushee, 2003)
Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition (Christine D. Pohl, 1999)
The Myth of a Christian Nation (Gregory Boyd, 2006)
Of Falafels and Following Jesus: Stories from a Journey through the Holy Land (Nathan Brown, with Michelle Villis and Brenton Stacey, 2019)
The Poverty & Justice Bible (2009)
The Prophetic Imagination (Walter Brueggemann, 1978/2001)
The Prophets (Abraham Joshua Heschel, 2001)
Reflections on the Psalms (CS Lewis, 1964)
“The Refugees in Our Family” (Nathan Brown, Adventist Record, 17 June 2019)
Reinvent Your Sabbath School (Chris Blake, 2001)
Searching for a God to Love (Chris Blake, 2000)
Swimming against the Current (Chris Blake, 2007)
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind (Raghuram Rajan, 2019)
“Time for Lent: Series Introduction” (Jeff Boyd, Spectrum, 17 Feb 2010)
Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality (Richard Beck, 2011)
The Upside-Down Kingdom (Donald Kraybill, 1971/2004)
The World Is Not Ours to Save (Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, 2013)
Supporting Podcasts
THIS QUARTER’S SABBATH SCHOOL COMPANION BOOK IS A RALLYING CRY TO “DO JUSTICE” (Alisa Williams, Spectrum, 11 July 2019)
THE SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY WITH NATHAN BROWN — ADVENTIST VOICES (Alexander Carpenter, Spectrum, 11 July 2019)
SDA Q&A — Ep. 13 Peter Dixon with Nathan Brown: So You Want to Be an Adventist Writer?
SDA Q&A — Ep 14. Peter Dixon with Nathan Brown again (1 of 2)
SDA Q&A — Ep 15. Peter Dixon with Nathan Brown again (2 of 2)