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God’s a divine warrior but no cheap bully.
by Victoria Lynn Garvey
Did Jesus tell us to pray for our enemies?
If so, what did he mean?
by Nijay K. Gupta
Whose Father in heaven?
In Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for enemies.
by Charles Manto
The biblical Amalekites are the Israelites’ enemies—and their kin
Enemies are real. They are also closer to us than we may care to imagine.
by Melissa Florer-Bixler
How to be a purple church in a red state
When you embrace criticism instead of avoiding it, you get lots of chances to love your enemy.
by Brian D. McLaren
And who is my enemy?
Essays by our readers reminded me of the call to forgive “70 times seven,” especially in relationships with people we can’t eject from our lives.
by Debra Bendis
Enemy: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: "enemy."
Matthew 5:38–48
by Elizabeth Palmer
Loving our enemies means arguing with each other about what matters most.
We are instructed to love our enemies—not necessarily to forgive them.
by Nicholas Wolterstorff
by Ted Wardlaw
There are serious obstacles to making the spiritual adjustment required to presuppose love.