SO, DOES JESUS SOMETIMES WANT CHRISTIANS TO KILL THEIR ENEMIES?
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That is the basic question I seek to answer carefully in my new book, If Jesus is Lord: Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence just published by Baker. In two earlier blogs, I gave some background to this book. Here I outline my key arguments. To understand Jesus’ call to love our enemies, I explain the historical setting and Jesus’ gospel. In Jesus’ day, the Jews were eagerly expecting a Davidic Messiah who would lead in the military overthrow of the Roman imperialists. Josephus ( the Jewish historian of this period) describes many violent Jewish rebels (some making messianic claims) against Rome at this time. Jesus said he was the expected messiah. But he clearly rejected the widespread expectation of a militaristic messiah.
SO, DOES JESUS SOMETIMES WANT CHRISTIANS TO KILL THEIR ENEMIES?
SO, DOES JESUS SOMETIMES WANT CHRISTIANS TO…
SO, DOES JESUS SOMETIMES WANT CHRISTIANS TO KILL THEIR ENEMIES?
That is the basic question I seek to answer carefully in my new book, If Jesus is Lord: Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence just published by Baker. In two earlier blogs, I gave some background to this book. Here I outline my key arguments. To understand Jesus’ call to love our enemies, I explain the historical setting and Jesus’ gospel. In Jesus’ day, the Jews were eagerly expecting a Davidic Messiah who would lead in the military overthrow of the Roman imperialists. Josephus ( the Jewish historian of this period) describes many violent Jewish rebels (some making messianic claims) against Rome at this time. Jesus said he was the expected messiah. But he clearly rejected the widespread expectation of a militaristic messiah.