Luke 6:27-38 – Drew Downs

Why Jesus tells us to love our enemies

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10 min read

In commanding his disciples to love everybody, Jesus is pushing us to reject the thinking we think is natural, obvious, required of us.

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8 min read

People often concoct incredible scenarios to avoid dealing with the stuff Jesus is trying to say about loving the people around us.

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2 min read

In the command to love, we are invited into a relationship that is neither weak nor stuck, but full of fidelity and life-affirming grace.

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2 min read

There is a certain depiction in US culture that the command to love is weak, but it is actually the primary building block of protest.

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8 min read

We try to follow almost everything. Except this. We really don’t want to listen to how Jesus wants us to love.

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3 min read

In the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus challenges us to see love, not as something to be received, but as something to give.