Is loving your enemies just hopelessly idealistic?
Probably the most difficult of Jesus' commands is the one to love our enemies that he gives in Luke's Gospel. Was he being serious when he gave that command, or was he just off with the fairies and hopelessly out of touch with the real world?
This episode is a sermon I preached on Luke 6:27-36 in February 2025. In it we look at Jesus' command to love your enemies, what it looked like in the culture of the time, and what it means and doesn't mean for us. Look out too for a discussion of a study that looked at the results of non-violent resistance compared to violent resistance throughout the…
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