“You have heard that it was said, “Eye for an eye, and tooth for a tooth,” but I tell you do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, give to...
How to interpret the Sermon on the Mount has been the subject of debate since Jesus first uttered these powerful words. There is this eternal tension that this teaching is true and resonates deeply in the soul, but at the same time cannot fully be followed. Nor can...
“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits...
Setting boundaries means not having to live in the resentment of silence.
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool;...
