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Love Your Enemies… An Ethical Exhortation
* What follows is based on a seminary assignment where we were encouraged to use the indicative (what God has done) to lead to an ethical imperative (what we can do). I wrote a mini-sermon or...
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Nonviolence 101 – Your Coat, A Longer Walk, & Love Your Enemies (part 4)
The following is part of a fairly long series on the theology and practice of nonviolence. If you would like to read all of the posts, you can do so here. ————————————– The Shirt off Your Back, and...
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Nonviolence 101 – Submit to the Sword, but Do Not Carry One! [Romans 12-13]...
The following is part of a fairly long series on the theology and practice of nonviolence. If you would like to read all of the posts, you can do so here. ————————————– Perhaps the most appealed to...
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Nonviolence 101 – Other Key Passages that Deal With Violence [White Horses,...
The following is part of a fairly long series on the theology and practice of nonviolence. If you would like to read all of the posts, you can do so here. ————————————– Now that we have looked at the...
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Nonviolence 101 – Jesus is Irrational! [2 Myths - Christian Nation &...
The following is part of a fairly long series on the theology and practice of nonviolence. If you would like to read all of the posts, you can do so here. ————————————– Now that we have thoroughly...
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Nonviolence 101 – 2 "What ifs" [Another Hitler or Someone Attacks Your...
The following is part of a fairly long series on the theology and practice of nonviolence. If you would like to read all of the posts, you can do so here. ————————————– “What if…” #1 Without fail,...
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Nonviolence 101 – Concluding Thoughts and Exhortations (part 9)
The following is part of a fairly long series on the theology and practice of nonviolence. If you would like to read all of the posts, you can do so here. ————————————– Convinced of the theology of...
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Osama bin Laden, God the Violent Warrior, and Loving Our Enemies
Jesus’ teachings are hard, especially this one: “Love your enemies.” Because this command of Christ feels defiant to logic and experience, many jump backwards to the Hebrew Scriptures. Rightfully...
View ArticleGod for Guns: A Christian Response to Yet Another School Shooting
...many of those who cling more tightly to their weapons at times like this are Christians who would label themselves as conservatives. These people of course will defend their rights to “bear arms” as...
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