Those inclined to argue that Jesus now would advise us precisely the opposite of what he did in the New Testament — this on the basis that, regarding both tax demands and military activity, our U.S. Caesar is so much worse than his Roman one was — these people should be warned against reading Martin Hengel's little book
Victory Over Violence.
Not exact matches
Faith in the Resurrection — which is the supreme, spiritual
violence because it is
victory over the necessity of death — excludes the use of every other
violence.
Violence can also mark a
victory over evil, as in «The Twelve Brothers,» where the villainess lands in «a barrel full of boiling oil and poisonous snakes.»
Ghana made their way into the AFCON 2015 final on Thursday night with a 3 - 0
victory over Equatorial Guinea, but the night was overshadowed by scenes of
violence in the crowd.