Quote by David Gregory

“Jesus calls for violence against our own lust because he loves our true and lasting joy.”

— John Piper

“the New Testament highlights Jesus’s nonviolent response to violence as a pattern to follow more than any other aspect of His ministry.”

— Preston Sprinkle

“Jesus was beaten, tortured, and spit on, and then he suffered a horrific death to pay for the sins of the world.”

— Irene Garcia

“If Jesus was willing to be beaten and tortured to gain the salvation of mankind, the least we can do is tell them about…

— Evan Minton

“Violence promises us something we all deeply desire, something we genuinely want; violence promises us peace. Violence promises us, that in the end, when…

— Ronnie McBrayer

“In allowing the crucifixion to take place, God did the world an incalculable favor. Though infinitely powerful, compassionate, and wise, he could think of…

— Steven Pinker

“We do not need more frightening punishments and more withering scoldings. We need the all-sufficiency of Jesus applied in rich measure to our deepest…

— Raymond C. Ortlund Jr

“Jesus himself does not speak of his death this way. Jesus doesn’t say that God is angry, or that he is paying the price…

— Danielle Shroyer

“Jesus did say do not seek revenge, but he did not say do not teach them a lesson.”

— ميشلين حبيب Micheline Habib

“What I was learning in the church was in sharp contrast to the theology of self-sacrificing love I wrestled with. It wasn’t the willingness…

— Rebecca Ann Parker

“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do…

— Oscar A. Romero

“I hold that in every situation of injustice and oppression, the Christian--who cannot deal with it by violence--must make himself completely a part of…

— Jacques Ellul