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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.
Was Jesus Violent in the Temple?
We need to realize that the temple system of selling sacrificial animals to worshipers had become extremely corrupted in Jesus’ day....
Dr. Greg Boyd
3 min read
Nonviolence: More Powerful Than Violence
As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been combing through some recent books on violence and nonviolence. One of the most fascinating...
Dr. Preston Sprinkle
3 min read
Who Killed Ananias and Sapphira?
In his critique of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG), Paul Copan makes a concerted effort to argue that the God revealed in Jesus...
Dr. Greg Boyd
5 min read
Why Didn’t Jesus Denounce Military Service?
A common objection to the claim that Jesus and the authors of the New Testament were opposed to all forms of violence is that neither...
Dr. Greg Boyd
5 min read
Is it Hypocritical as a Pacifist to Call the Police?
Question: I am a President of a State University. As a frequent podcaster of your sermons and reader of your books, I’m seeking your...
Dr. Greg Boyd
3 min read
What Gandhi Taught Me About Jesus
As India erupted in Hindu–Muslim strife, a young Christian responded to Gandhi’s plea: “Where are the Christians who live according to...
A. C. Oommen
2 min read
Was the Early Church Pacifistic? A Response to Paul Copan
In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) I argue that Jesus and Paul instruct Christians to love and bless their enemies and to...
Dr. Greg Boyd
6 min read
How to Win Enemies
Augustine of Hippo and Howard Thurman of Daytona Beach follow the shocking implications of Jesus’ teachings on violence in the Sermon on...
Dr. Myles Werntz
2 min read
Love Your Enemies, Unless…?
A home school mom's journey into peacemaking and Christian non-violence. “Of course I would grab a knife from the kitchen and stab the...
Daniella Hatfield
5 min read
Violence & the "Un-Triumphal" Entry
John Markowski, pastor at Big Apple Church in New York, discusses the topic of violence as he looks at the "Un-Triumphal Entry" of Jesus...
John Markowski
1 min read
America and Its Guns
I just finished James Atwood’s book America and Its Guns: A Theological Exposé and I’m sitting here stunned. The statistics, the stories,...
Dr. Preston Sprinkle
6 min read
Christians in Law Enforcement?
My question is regarding what Jesus taught regarding disciples in law enforcement. I am an ER nurse, and I have always strongly supported...
Dr. Douglas Jacoby
1 min read
The Few. The Proud. The Plowshares?
The following post is written by my friend Sgt. Dean Meadows (USMCR). Dean served several years in the Marine Corps, but after coming to...
Dr. Preston Sprinkle
4 min read
Is Pacifism Enough?
Germany, 1934. Eighteen months after Hitler’s rise to power, Plough’s founding editor warned of the threat of a second major war – and...
Eberhard Arnold
2 min read
Jesus on His Most Radical Idea: Enemy Love
We finally come to the last, and most radical, of Jesus’ six examples of his way: enemy love. For Jesus, it’s not enough to reject the...
John Mark Comer
1 min read
Nonviolence: In Brief
I want to thank Doug Wilson for the challenging and thoughtful dialogue about the issue of guns, violence, and the Christian way. I’m...
Dr. Preston Sprinkle
8 min read
Jesus on Breaking the Chain of Violence
Few of Jesus’ teachings are more thought-provoking and jarring to our culture than what he has to say on nonviolence and enemy love. To...
John Mark Comer
1 min read
Color Vision of a Conscientious Objector
The picture above captures me frantically running around during basic training at the Air Force Academy (Summer 2010). I had heard that...
Zack Johnson
5 min read
Howard Thurman’s Contemplative Nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics. Revered by the leaders of the...
Dr. Myles Werntz
7 min read
Why I am (Mostly) Pacifist
I finally feel free to admit it. I am (mostly) pacifist – I say mostly because my beliefs and thoughts have’t been field tested yet. ...
Calvin Sodestrom
4 min read
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