Jesus flips the world system of 'justice' on its head. He tells His disciples to seek out opportunities to serve rather than looking for opportunities to exact ...

Jesus has an alternative strategy for dealing with evil. His objective is to overcome evil with good. His goal was to overcome humiliation by shaming those in ...

Matthew 5:38–42 is part of the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus teaches about how to respond to insults and persecution.

Christians are to think kindly, speak kindly and do kindly. We are to forgive as we have been forgiven. Those who themselves have experienced the grace of God ...

Jesus is saying here is that we should not avenge ourselves but instead trust that God will set things straight.

In Matt 5:38–42, Jesus announces that the pursuit of retributive justice has no place in the kingdom of heaven. Though the kingdom of heaven is ultimately an ...

16 янв. 2024 г. · Jesus' command to turn the other cheek is simply a command to forgo retaliation for personal offenses.

17 июн. 2019 г. · This means to love always, imagine God that never stopped loving you is standing before you when someone hurt you. You would not hurt Jesus ...

Meaning for today/challenges Matthew 5:38-42 opens consideration of active nonviolence in the world. Active nonviolence involves the use of peaceful means that ...

"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is sufficient for a primitive level of justice when we are struggling through the wilderness dimension of our human ...