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Violence and riots around political issues are becoming everyday news. How should Christians respond? Should they condone it? Turn a blind eye to it? Speak out? How does Jesus call us to respond to our enemies, and how should that shape our response today?

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Outline

0:15 - https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/is-it-okay-for-christians-to-be-nationalists/ (Is It Okay for Christians to be Nationalists?)

3:10 - Rioting and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-to-protest-and-why-you-should-david-in-22-2-samuel-18/ (protesting) in the United States

4:45 - Is a violent response appropriate for Christians?

6:30 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22&version=ESV (Luke 22): How Jesus led https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/what-makes-faith-revolutionary/ (revolution)

9:15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+5.43-44&version=ESV (Matthew 5.43)

11:40 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+12.19&version=NIV (Romans 12.19): Revenge

12:35 - https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-the-secret-religion-of-secular-salvation-is-unveiled-by-coronavirus/ (Replacing God) with politics

14:10 - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/lecture/ (Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize speech)

15:50 - Violence on social media

17:10 - Critical Gender and Race Theory: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53052177-cynical-theories (Cynical Theories) by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay

18:30 - How to love your enemy

21:30 - https://religionnews.com/2008/09/15/guest-commentary-jesus-didnt-come-to-take-sides-he-came-to-take-over1/ (Tony Evans quote)

23:00 - Subscribe. Rate. Share.

 

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Scripture

Matthew 5.43: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+5.43-44&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+5.43-44&version=ESV)

Romans 12.19: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+12.19&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+12.19&version=NIV)

 

References

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize speech: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/lecture/ (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/lecture/)

Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay:... Support this podcast