Nonviolence tagged posts

Not sure what to think of the Dr. King memorial

30 August 2011 Nonviolence, Poverty  2 comments

Thoughts on my struggle of how to view the new memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The old King-Che Discrepancy

26 June 2010 Nonviolence  2 comments

At least that's what John H. Yoder liked to call it.
Behind the simple claim that only violence is effective, there is a power of deception deeper than mere illogic. One of its most extreme forms is what I have called the "King-Che discrepancy."

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The imago dei deserves our love

24 June 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

The social contract rootage of a moral imperative or legal provision, to which modern thought usually resorts in order to explain when something is right or wrong, would lie in calculations about what kind of society you get if life is protected or

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Schleitheim Academy Update

6 June 2010 Schleitheim Academy  6 comments

I just wanted to give a quick update on how our schooling is going along with a few links to some great resources I have come across recently.

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Yoder’s logic on the illogical idea of loving our enemies

14 April 2010 Book Review  One comment

What do I communicate to a man about the love of God by being willing to consider him an enemy? What do I say about personal responsibility by agreeing to consider him my enemy when it is only the hazard of birth that causes us to live under

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Abortion funding, war funding, and inconsistencies

9 April 2010 Anabaptist, Nonviolence, Theology  3 comments

Thursday afternoon, I was listening to Tuesday's broadcast of Dr. Albert Mohler's radio program via podcast. I like to check out some of his shows because he always has relevant topics, presents his take on it, and interacts with callers and

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His Story of Shalom…An Introduction

6 April 2010 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence, Old Testament  No comments

I have been participating in the women's Bible studies that our church has been offering over the past couple of years. I have really enjoyed those studies and God has always used

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US military killing, joyfully

5 April 2010 Nonviolence  3 comments

This is not something I could not discuss. It is incredibly disturbing, even if it's nowhere near novel, new, unprecedented, unheard of, or surprising. A shock, most definitely. But, unfortunately, expected whenever you have the evil called war.

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Dordrecht Confession of 1632, Article I

5 April 2010 Amish  One comment

Article 1: Of God and the Creation of All Things
Since we find it testified that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that he that would come to God must believe that there is a God, and that He is a rewarder of them that

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Loving those enemies within

26 March 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

But even if they refuse to hear me, and to respect the restraints they are theoretically committed to , I owe it to their dignity as fellow humans, some of whom are fellow Christians, to address them in terms of their moral culture, not only of

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Rejecting alternatives, and a book to give away

24 March 2010 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence  4 comments

The advocate of war cannot say there is no other recourse before weighing nonviolent alternatives.
That's from chapter 7 of John Howard Yoder's The War of the Lamb: The Ethics of Nonviolence and Peacemaking, edited by Glen Stassen, Mark Thiessen

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The Goshen College Compromise continues

23 March 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

And I mean "compromise" in the very negative sense, i.e. compromising the Good News of Jesus. Goshen College officially started to play the US national anthem before games. I am unable to say all I want to say about this right now (mostly because it

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Obama’s War and the Way of Jesus

12 March 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

Take a few minutes and watch this video if you haven't yet. Find more at rethinkafghanistan.com.

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Jesus, please put down your whip.

8 March 2010 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence  3 comments

In the first day of the class on Islam, I brought up the idea that Christianity is nonviolent. I was challenged with the story of Jesus cleansing the temple. Once again, this story was lofted to legendary heights, unknown even to the gospel writers,

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Is Islam a religion of peace?

8 March 2010 Islam  4 comments

I know this question will continue to rear it's head throughout the 12 remaining weeks of the class on Islam I am leading. Many scholars and theologians have tackled the question, debating with Muslims either in print or in public. Many responses

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Christians killing Muslims in Nigeria, violence begetting violence

31 December 2009 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence  11 comments

"Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab wouldn't have to go to an al Qaeda camp in Yemen to learn how to hate. He had examples closer to home. Christians and Muslims have been killing each other in Nigeria for much of his lifetime."

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