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What if My Family Was Attacked?

NERDINESS:

The New Testament commands us never to “repay evil with evil” but to “overcome evil with good” (Rom 12:17). Jesus said, “Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also” (Mt 5:39). He also said, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Lk 6:27-28). This teaching seems pretty straightforward, and if our faith means anything, we have to take it seriously. Yet this very straightforwardness presents us with a dilemma.
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What is God’s Wrath and Judgment?

NERDINESS:

At Woodland Hills, we really do believe God is love—the kind of self-sacrificial love that Jesus demonstrated by giving his life for us on Calvary. No fine print. No exception clauses. How, then, can we understand the scriptures about God’s wrath and judgment?
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Why did Jesus tell his disciples to buy swords?

NERDINESS:

When we read that Jesus tells his disciples to buy a sword, it can seem that he is encouraging violence. Yet when Peter does use a sword in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus rebukes Peter and heals the man’s ear. So, whatever Jesus was up to in telling his followers to buy swords, he clearly didn’t intend for them to use them!
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