Pastor Peter Miller walked more than a hundred kilometres to Philadelphia to beg George Washington for the life of a man sentenced to death. When the general refused, saying he could not pardon his friend, Miller replied that the man was his worst enemy, and at that Washington changed his mind. That story opens a sermon about the hardest sentence in the Sermon on the Mount: love your enemies (Matthew 5). Turning the other cheek is an exaggeration with a single meaning, do no harm at all, because an enemy can become a friend. Listen if you have a thousand reasons to pay someone back and are looking for one not to.
To Strike or Not to Strike
Confrontation
Confrontation! Some people fear it, while others love it. However, regardless of how we view confrontation, it is a part of our lives and is sometimes necessary. That is why, in order to learn how to confront others wisely, we turn to Jesus’ teaching, which we find in the Gospel of Matthew. Through it, we can learn not to run away from problems and difficult situations, but to face them in the right way.
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