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Jesus Peace Collective is made up of a diverse and ecumenical group of Jesus followers that don't necessarily agree on all matters, but share a common conviction about the nonviolent and active peacemaking teachings of Jesus and the early church.
Still Searching for Christian America
“At times of crisis it is a natural human reaction to turn to the past for support.” [1] These words were written by evangelicals, to...
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
5 min read
Disciples & War?
First, in the face of severe suffering such as that many Americans began to experience on September 11th, our human response is naturally...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
4 min read
Jesus – the Passive Peacemaker?
I am news reporter and communications specialist by profession, I am not a theologian or a scholar. But when I think about the peace...
Michelle Wright
3 min read
A Place to Begin: Jesus
Perhaps you are asking, “Where is the best place for me to begin to understand what Christian nonviolence is all about?” Start with...
Tom A. Jones
5 min read
The Only Road to Freedom: MLK Jr. and Nonviolence
Of all the silly claims sometimes made by atheists these days, surely one of the silliest is that Christianity was in no way...
Dr. Stanley Hauerwas
13 min read
The End of Just War: Why Christian Realism Requires Nonviolence
Pacifists always bear the burden of proof. They do so because, as attractive as nonviolence may be, most assume that pacifism just will...
Dr. Stanley Hauerwas
14 min read
Church & State: Blessing or Blunder?
Just two years later, in AD 313 , an unimaginable blessing occurred. Constantine and his co-ruler Licinius made Christianity a legal...
Michael Burns
4 min read
Who Loves Enemies?
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
5 min read
"It's Just War" - Should Christians Fight?
Anchor-Cross Publishing and Followers of the Way sponsored a debate on the subject of just war. They sought to bring leading thinkers...
Jon Sherwood
1 min read
Subversive Confrontation - Jesus' Third Way
In the context of the Kingdom of God, Jon Sherwood takes a look at the passion week of Christ in the gospel of John to show how Jesus...
Jon Sherwood
1 min read
Jesus And Peace
One of the abiding difficulties of living as a disciple of Jesus and attempting to teach others about the way of Jesus is the wall of...
Edem Morny
11 min read
Nonviolence in the Ancient Church & Christian Obedience
Abstract In the course of Christian history, nowhere has the tension between the teachings of Jesus and valid application of those...
Kirk R. MacGregor
27 min read
Christian Nonviolence and Church History
Jesus’ message of peace for all time The earliest Christians embraced Jesus’ message of peace. Indeed, up until the time of Constantine...
Dr. Ronald J. Sider
1 min read
Why I Don’t Own A Gun, And Would Never Kill Someone
In America I’ve not found too many Christians who believe in the non-violent ways of Jesus. If anything our ethic on the issue has been...
Jimmy Humphrey
9 min read
Pacifism Does Not End The Wars
Since the war broke out in Ukraine this week, I’ve had several people ask what a pacifist would say about all this. Over the last month,...
Dr. Myles Werntz
5 min read
Should Christians Join the Military? A Forgotten Perspective
I have hesitated to write this post for some time now. Military service holds a special place of honor in American society. Veterans are...
Brandon Hurlbert
9 min read
Apocalypse: Civil and Uncivil Worship
In a sermon series through the book of Revelation, Jon Sherwood calls for the church to remain separate from "the beast" and applies it...
Jon Sherwood
1 min read
The Apocalypse: A Critique of Power
In a sermon series through the book of Revelation, Jon Sherwood looks at how Revelation critiques power, especially of that between Jesus...
Jon Sherwood
1 min read
A Kingdom of Peace
Jon Sherwood preaches through Mat 5:21-48, the "6 antitheses" of Jesus' sermon on the mount. In particular he discusses the upside down...
Jon Sherwood
1 min read
Jesus Christ: Prince of Peace or God of War?
Lecture by Dr. Douglas Jacoby, Harvard University 2013 Observations O.T. Church-state. Although priesthood and monarchy were separate,...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
1 min read
Should I Work for a Company Producing Weapons?
Question: I am considering a job offer from a company whose parent company is involved in the weapons industry. This obviously raised...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
4 min read
Blessed are the Peacemakers - Mat 5:9
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God" (Matthew 5:9). "If most of us are honest with ourselves, we...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
2 min read
Jesus & Nonviolence: an Interview with Dean Taylor
Dean Taylor is president of Sattler College in Boston and author of A Change of Allegiance, a book that chronicles his journey of faith to w
Jon Sherwood
1 min read
Would Pacifism have Empowered Hitler?
I agree about how we are to treat our enemies as Christians. I suppose the whole concept of "freedom" from oppression or bondage means...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
1 min read
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