Category: Nonviolence
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Sexual Abuse & Jesus’ Kingdom: Interview with Hope Ann Dueck
Hope Anne Dueck is the co-founder of the organization, A Better Way. A Better Way equips trusted adults in children’s lives with the tools to recognize and respond to potential and actual child sexual abuse. Hope has also worked with and stood with victims in advocacy. Recently, Hope was interviewed by That Jesus Podcast. Special…
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You Cannot Love God and Hate Palestinians: Christianity and the “Other”
“You shall love the stranger as yourself” This is proverbially dipping our toes into a maelstrom and one can hardly expect not to be battered in the ensuing lashing winds. But, come, let us speak. Anti-semitism is real. I have seen its face, its faces. The hate is something that stews in the background of…
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Is the Gospel Enough? Contemplating Social Justice
In the light of the public outcry against racial injustice and violence in 2020, Derek Kreider contemplates the Christian response. Is it enough to “just preach the gospel”? What is a holistic Kingdom-of-God approach to justice in the world today?
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Jesus, Meekness, and Nonviolence in Gender Theology: An Introduction
Continuing our exploration of nonviolence in the person of Jesus, we begin exploring the nature of gender, of men and women. How do we follow in His steps?
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Nonviolence At Home
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the…
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(VIDEO) Why Christians Should Be Against Violence and War
TRANSCRIPT: Jesus of Nazareth calls all Christians to love their enemies, and this means Christians, in following Jesus, must reject violence, coercion and war. People have called this position pacifism, nonviolence, nonresistance or enemy love. Jesus taught many things that fly in the face of our natural inclinations. He brought an upside-down kingdom with a…
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