Tag Archives: non-violent religion

The Church Should Do the Job of the Government?

October 2, 2013 by JasonWiedel 0 Comments

Whenever the U.S. government has trouble doing its job and accomplishing anything meaningful for the American people (which is quite frequently) a certain segment of the church begins to speak quite loudly about how the people of God have neglected their responsibilities and relegated their job to the government. They talk about how we Christians […]

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Extreme Grace, Extreme Love, and Angry Jesus

May 17, 2013 by JasonWiedel 0 Comments

I know a guy who loves the grace of God. Several years ago he started to preach about God’s extreme grace. He started to tell people that God’s grace covers absolutely EVERY wrong thing they could ever do, and that the love of Christ is more powerful than ANYTHING. Church people can get pretty uncomfortable […]

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Conditional Love

January 30, 2013 by JasonWiedel 0 Comments

A story Jesus told: There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild […]

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Jesus’ Shockingly Radical Perspective on Justice

November 30, 2012 by JasonWiedel 0 Comments

For most of us, justice has to do with getting what we deserve. We say that “justice has been served” when a person receives punishment for a crime they have committed. We strive to develop systems that mete out “fair” sentences; assigning retribution that is equal to the crime. If a person is given too […]

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Jesus’ Shockingly Radical Perspective on the Weather

November 12, 2012 by JasonWiedel 1 Comment

“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.” Jesus’ original audience had an understanding […]

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