Throughout Holy Week, two competing approaches to peacemaking collide. What if we've embraced the wrong one? At the start of Holy Week, tears streamed down Jesus' face as he cried out, "If only you knew the things that make for peace." From that moment, until a week later when he triumphantly...
Throughout Holy Week, two competing approaches to peacemaking collide. What if we've embraced the wrong one?
At the start of Holy Week, tears streamed down Jesus' face as he cried out, "If only you knew the things that make for peace." From that moment, until a week later when he triumphantly declared, "Peace be with you," Jesus spent each day confronting injustice, calling out oppressors and contending for peace.
But what if - despite all our familiarity with the events of Holy Week-we still don't know how Jesus makes peace? And what if - despite clinging to the cross of Christ for our salvation - we've actually embraced a different approach to peacemaking? One that justifies killing enemies. One whose methods include nailing criminals to crosses.
We desperately need to recover the radical vision of peacemaking that Jesus embodied throughout Holy Week. And we urgently need to be trained in his way of making peace. So, come. Let's journey together day-by-day through Jesus' final week and discover anew why he is called the Prince of Peace.
Throughout Holy Week, two competing approaches to peacemaking collide. What if we've embraced the wrong one? At the start of Holy Week, tears streamed down Jesus' face as he cried out, "If only you knew the things that make for peace." From that moment, until a week later when he triumphantly...
Throughout Holy Week, two competing approaches to peacemaking collide. What if we've embraced the wrong one?
At the start of Holy Week, tears streamed down Jesus' face as he cried out, "If only you knew the things that make for peace." From that moment, until a week later when he triumphantly declared, "Peace be with you," Jesus spent each day confronting injustice, calling out oppressors and contending for peace.
But what if - despite all our familiarity with the events of Holy Week-we still don't know how Jesus makes peace? And what if - despite clinging to the cross of Christ for our salvation - we've actually embraced a different approach to peacemaking? One that justifies killing enemies. One whose methods include nailing criminals to crosses.
We desperately need to recover the radical vision of peacemaking that Jesus embodied throughout Holy Week. And we urgently need to be trained in his way of making peace. So, come. Let's journey together day-by-day through Jesus' final week and discover anew why he is called the Prince of Peace.
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Fight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week$39.99
What I love about Fight Like Jesus is that it's really well-researched and also well-written. So the result is a book that's a pleasure to read, while also full of new insights from top Biblical, historical and cultural scholars. Moreover, the topic is crucially important for the conflict-ridden but peace-promoting church, and for how we engage in the strife and violence of our beautiful but broken world. The first peace-making lesson Porterfield takes from Jesus is to move towards the conflict rather than avoid it. The places most lacking peace, are the places we need to go. This book is excellent material for reflection and learning, so that we can enter peace-less places and """"fight like Jesus"""" for a better world. I've previously dabbled a bit in Christian peacebuilding studies, so I've been surprised by how much was new to me - Porterfield has woven together an impressive array of ideas and information, revealing stunning perspectives on Jesus and his way of bringing peace, all right there in the Gospel texts of Holy Week.
