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<\/a>Liz Kanoy, an editor at Crosswalk.com, is one of the writers I check in with now and then, just to see what she\u2019s thinking about and writing about. \u00a0You can see more of what she\u2019s written here<\/a>. Kanoy always\u00a0seems to write about matters that matter, not just to see how many shares she can get, so I was excited to see that she engaged<\/a> with the article I wrote on the language we use about terrorist attacks, \u201cDear France, Don\u2019t Make the Same Mistake We Did<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nKanoy\u00a0put her finger on the controversial element of the original article. God has\u00a0chosen to change the world not through power, coercion, and violence, but through weakness, love, and forgiveness. We are told to love our enemies, and do good to those who persecute us. We are asked to imagine a world in which an enemy becomes a friend. We also have thousands of years of history to show us that violence begets more violence.<\/p>\n
Embracing this unambiguous teaching from Jesus (Sermon on the Mount), is had to do in the face of such unspeakable violence. Kanoy asks the salient question: \u201cCan we do that\u2026can we really love our enemies?\u201d She was right to say the push-back would be against a not-violent response to acts of murder. What\u2019s most interesting to me is objections to this response are\u00a0rarely\u00a0made from\u00a0the scriptures, and they are never made from the teachings of Jesus. The case against the love of Christ is always pragmatic. In other words we\u00a0seem willing to follow Jesus right up to the point at which it might cost us our safety.<\/p>\n
Stanley Hauerwas always says that we don\u2019t choose to be non-violent as a strategy to rid the world of violence and war. We choose to be non-violent because, as followers of Jesus, we have no other alternative if we want to follow Jesus. We choose to love our enemies and forgive those who persecute us not because we think it will \u201cwork,\u201d as a strategy, but because Jesus told us to.<\/p>\n
Kanoy adds some perspective from the apostle Paul.\u00a0She writes,<\/p>\n
\u201cThis quote reminds me to stop and think\u2026who is the true enemy? Did Paul not say in Ephesians 6:12, \u201cFor we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026it seems an almost impossible task, for we are rightfully angry at the murders that took place in France. But what would God have us do in response? He has told us that he alone avenges evil, he has reminded us who the real enemy is, and he has explained in his Word the only thing that sets apart a believer from a non-believer\u2014and that is the grace of Jesus Christ as a substitute for our sins. He has asked us to forgive as he forgave us. God has also called us to defend the defenseless. Can we find the balance to do both? Can we forgive our enemies while defending the defenseless and carrying out justice?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It\u2019s an interesting article. She adds some stuff on poverty that is worth reading, too.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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