I know that Jesus died so that we might live and in the midst of the violence that God suffers but I still can't grasp why God told his people to kill thousands of people and yet He is such a loving God. (redeeminggod.com)
Isaiah 64 gives us the language to cry out for God's forgiveness and beckon God's presence — in our homes, in our churches, on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, in the midst of the violence, materialism, injustice, and complacency that characterizes our present Empire. (rachelheldevans.com)
We have become accustomed to understanding that the One coming in will do so quietly, in vulnerability, in the midst of violence, prepared for suffering. (religion-online.org)