TIMESTAMPS

0:00  Host Welcome & Episode Overview

0:55  Intro & Theme Music

0:59  Guest Introduction — Dr. Janice DeWhyte

1:56  What Is a Prophet? A Communicator for and to God

4:00  Deborah, Advocacy & the Prophetic Role in Community

8:02 What We Get Wrong About Biblical Prophecy

11:25  Reading Ancient Texts for Today — Isaiah 10

18:58  Why Justice Is the Central Concern of the Prophets

24:25  Mishpat & Tzedakah — Defining Justice Biblically

31:57  Favourite Prophets — Amos & Jeremiah

40:00  How the Prophets Can Shape Us Today

47:38 Homework: Read the Prophets Alongside the News

52:55  Host Sign-Off & Episode Credits

Voices & Ideas Referenced This Episode

““Prophecy is the voice that God has lent to the silent agony, a voice to the plundered poor, to the profaned riches of the world. And it is a form of living, a crossing point of God and man. God is raging in the prophet’s words.” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel — The Prophets (1962)

Isaiah 10:1–4 — Woe to those who make unjust laws

Amos 5:24 — "Let justice roll down like waters"

Psalm 89:14 — Righteousness and justice as the foundation of God's throne

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — The prophetic spirit and the Civil Rights Movement

Rosa Parks — Embodying the prophetic tradition in action

Jeremiah 20 — The burden and honesty of the prophetic vocation

Matthew 5–7 — The Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes

Episode-Specific Resources

Resource 1: The Prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel https://www.amazon.com/Prophets-Perennial-Classics-Abraham-Heschel/dp/0060936991

Resource 2: Our JustLove Book Circle talking about The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann https://www.justlovecollective.org/videolibrary/v/bookc2

CALL TO ACTION

This Week's Challenge

Take Dr. DeWhyte's homework seriously: pick up one of the prophetic books — Amos, Isaiah, or Jeremiah — and read it alongside this week's news. Ask yourself: what might this prophet say about what is happening in my community right now? Share what you discover with someone.

Join the Prophetic Guild

You are not alone in this work. Find your community — your guild of fellow justice seekers — and show up for each other. That is the prophetic tradition.

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EPISODE CREDITS

Dilys Brooks — Co-Host & Content Producer

Nathan Brown — Co-Host & Editorial Feedback

Beverly Maravilla Jaramillo — Scheduling Coordination & Guest Confirmations

Sam Gungaloo — Web Content Manager

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Corban Rosspencer — Mix & Master

Music

Lumber Down — Intro Music, licensed via Riverside FM

Palms Down — Outro Music, licensed via Riverside FM

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