The Way of Violence Versus the Way of Jesus

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There is the way of violence, and there is the way of Jesus, and they are never the same path.

Seems simple enough, right? And yet, we’ve been living in a culture in which many who claim to follow Jesus are willing to resort to violence to defend their specific doctrinal and political beliefs. From the Civil War to the January 6, 2021 insurrection attempt at the U. S. Capitol, Christian…