A Bible Quiz for
INTERVIEWED BY RICARDO GRAHAM
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raham: We are glad you are willing to
freely to all without regard to race, gender, age, or
participate in this Bible Quiz for our
background. It will roll on with or without us. We
Recorder readers. Now, it’s actually an
don’t own justice, just as we don’t own the river.
interview disguised as a Bible Quiz,
The owner of the river and the owner of justice is
but the format allows us to anchor the interview
God, so how should we, His children, handle that
squarely in the Scriptures, and it affirms the
which belongs to Him? Our God is a God of justice,
foundational alignment between our work here
and He calls for His children to be like Him. This
in the Pacific Union and the work that you are
text gives us our marching orders in terms of the
leading in the North American Division.
church’s voice and actions on the side of justice.
Bryant: I’m ready!
We can’t help but be involved.
Graham: The first question is about justice. The
Graham: The Psalmist wrote, “Praise the Lord,
prophet Amos wrote, “But let justice roll on like a
my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who
river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!”
forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
(Amos 5:24). What do those words mean to
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns
Seventh-day Adventists in 2020?
you with love and compassion” (Psalm 103:2-4).
Bryant: Amos calls for justice to go forth to
What do these words mean for us in the age of
everyone, just as the blessings of a river flow
the coronavirus pandemic?
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