Jesus told us to love our enemies. But surely not the monstrous soldiers of Isis? With an almost constant stream of stories of burnings, beheadings, and mass slaughter, what could love possible look like in this context, and what good would it do?!
Rick Love is President of Peace Catalyst International, and Associate Director of the World Evangelical Alliance Peace and Reconciliation Initiative. He seemed like a pretty good person to ask what a Christian response to Isis would look like.
Image provided by Rick Love/Wikimedia. Used with permission.
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“Imagine what could happen if even a small percentage of the 2.2 billion Christians in the world did the heart work and the hard work of waging peace. A pre-emptive love initiative by those who take Jesus’ command seriously could help undermine and thwart violent extremism.”
“Imagine what could happen if even a small percentage of the 2.2 billion Christians in the world did the heart work and the hard work of waging peace. A pre-emptive love initiative by those who take Jesus’ command seriously could help undermine and thwart violent extremism.”
