Herb Montgomery | September 27, 2019 “As followers of Jesus, especially ones who choose to embrace Jesus’ rejection of violence, we must remember that Jesus did not stand up to injustice, and suffer for it, on our behalf. He calls…
Herb Montgomery | September 20, 2019 If Jesus taught nonviolence, why does the rest of the Bible seem to endorse or even command violence? This week’s episode is quite a milestone. This is our 300th episode! I want to take…
Herb Montgomery | September 13, 2019 Photo by Isaiah Rustad on Unsplash "Jesus was not about peace-keeping but peace-making. He was not about keeping the peace, not disturbing the status quo, but about calling for justice, the justice that in…
By Herb Montgomery | August 30, 2019 Photo by Ricardo Cruz on Unsplash “We must be much more scandalized by the institutional violence that leads to violent rebellion than the violence of those who stand up to institutional violence. They…
Herb Montgomery | August 23, 2019 Photo by Nadine Shaabana on Unsplash "We’ve been discussing the importance of listening to those on the margins of society and their experiences and wisdom. What follows is a result of doing just that…
Herb Montgomery | August 16, 2019 Photo by Trang Nguyen on Unsplash “Jesus was teaching the rejection of violent responses to this world’s evil. Yet he was not teaching that we should simply do nothing! Jesus was teaching nonviolent ways…
“Destruction,” 1836, part of the “Course of Empire” series, by Thomas Cole “Today we live in the wake of these changes. Christianity and its Jesus fell in the same way as all the other religions taken in by Rome .…
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Herb Montgomery | July 19, 2019 Photo by Bud Helisson on Unsplash “We can do better than defensiveness. In this story of Jesus I hear the call to lay mine down . . . Another world is possible. But we’re…
Herb Montgomery | June 28, 2019 Photo by Sebastian Pichler on Unsplash “Today, certain Christians are still trying to use the power of the state, not to side with the people and protect the vulnerable . . . to push…