Peace, Peace, Peace!

I learned that it is much easier to unite people around a Jesus who hates our enemies and blesses our wars than it is to unite people around a Jesus who calls us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. It broke my heart to learn that people are not as easily drawn to a gospel of peace as they are to a rally for war.— A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace

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I'm reminded of this scripture:

 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.
I am for peace;
but when I speak, they are for war.

Remember also that Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers...
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