A nonviolent struggle

The language of struggle and combat is not incompatible with a commitment to nonviolence. The nonviolent combatants are sustained by their trust in God, who has promised that “vengeance is mine, I will repay.” Harsh and jarring though it may sound, the portrayal of the Lord as “a man of War” (Exod. 15:3; Isa. 42:13) is a powerful source of courage when the “war” is understood as the apocalyptic war against the Powers.—Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion, 384