Loving one’s enemies can seem a tall order as commanded in Matthew 5:43-48, ... I can love my enemies and minster to them. It’s an example of what Jesus has been doing with us all these years. ...

Love your enemies? First, you have to talk to them. Can Jesus really expect us to embrace our political enemies? July 29, 2024. 4 min. Congregants at Ruthfred Free Lutheran Church on July 14 in ...

Love the Lord your God … Love your neighbor as yourself. But then there’s that command from Jesus in Matthew 5:44: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

“Love your enemies” is a powerful spiritual, moral, and psychological injunction to advance our better angels. Jesus implored listeners to do so in the Sermon on the Mount. Buddha said "hatred ...

If I love my enemy as myself — even one who does me and/or others great harm — I will treat that person more like a wound than a threatening outsider. When we are wounded, we provide the ...

I don’t know about you, but the last time I tried to love my enemy, it didn’t go well. In fact, it’s almost never gone well for me. That is, until I came across Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

He also loves my enemies. Molly Cahill June 20, 2023. ... “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, ...

The Bible told them to love their enemies (Matt. 5:43–48), and they obeyed. That is the Christian love imperative. It’s possibly the most counterintuitive, otherworldly, and pride-shattering ...

Can Vermont teens learn to ‘love my enemy’ in a polarized world? by Kevin O'Connor July 11, 2022, 3:55 pm July 11, 2022, 3:55 pm. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ...

Source: Adobe stock image by Tharun, licensed by Ravi Chandra What to do when “enemies” and hatred make a beeline to our own nervous systems, online and in real life? How do we stabilize our ...