October 31, 2018

Jesus and his Enemies

Narrative Conflict in the Four Gospels by Robert Beck. CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN MATTHEW Along with the David story, the story of Moses is one of the […]
September 12, 2018

Obeying Jesus: Love your enemy!

Thesis: Jesus practiced love of enemy to his own death and the NT presents this teaching as an unqualified commandment to be obeyed by his followers: […]
September 12, 2018

Biblical “love,” agape.

Most scholars agree that agapáō is used of God’s love toward man and vice versa, but philéō is rarely used by God of the love of […]
September 12, 2018

Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts

by Gordon Zerbe Both Mt. 5.38-48 and Lk. 6.27-36 were addressed to local, interpersonal or economic relations, and were intended to achieve local reconciliation. Mt. 5.41, […]