Sentences with phrase «of turning the other cheek»

One of my favorite parts of the book is the section about the Sermon on the Mount and the «third way» of turning the other cheek, walking the extra mile, and literally giving up the clothes off our backs.

all i see is passing judgement and alot of «im holier than thou» yall should really worry about your own path to salvation and perhaps offer a helping hand to your brothers and sisters instead of turning the other cheek at their «defiled bodies» i been inking my body for the Lord since 18... wont stop till my heart pumps its last.

It seems as if the act of turning the other cheek in the face of controversy or challenge has become a thing of the past.

I see no evidence of turning the other cheek, loving their enemies, selling all that they have and giving to the poor... you know, all the things Jesus said they should do.

Not exact matches

Jesus turned the other cheek, but it seems that Christians in America aren't too fond of doing so.

If you are aware that Jesus specifically spoke just to the israelites and many of his various parables were meant for israelites, then you would know the «having an open mind» and «turning the other cheek» and «loving one another» was also just for jews and he was totally fine with killing non-jews, fighting back against non jews and being completely closed minded when it came to other religions.

The moment that I set myself up as the «victim» of «journalism shaming,» not only do I take something away from people who have truly been victimized, but I add to the momentum of false victimhood culture while ignoring the words of Jesus about turning the other cheek.

They reason through why Robinson will need to exercise a heroic turning - of - the - other - cheek to the inevitable racist abuse if they are to achieve the breakthrough they seek.

Turn the other cheek now, you have to or prove the hypocrisy of what you believe.

Jesus did have an incredibly clear cut position on violence, one that Christians typically ignore (like most of his teachings): «Turn the other cheek.»

Bubba, I think the founder of your Church told you a long time ago to turn the other cheek.

He said «You have heard it said by them of old time... (referring to the old testament), but I say unto you...» Such as «resist no evil,» «turn the other cheek.»

When 9/11 happened, should we have blown up some of the building surrounding the WTC as a way of «turning the other cheek» or «giving up our cloak»?

Do your follow the words of Jesus when he said «whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Why have we forgotten the Ways of this Jesus, who turned the other cheek and taught us to do the same?

If, as a natiion and people, we took this slothful opinion writer's advice to «turn the other cheek» to ruthless terrorism, who do you think would have to answer for all the innocent (and preventable) loss of life?

It inconsistent with the teachings of Christianity to make snide remarks, as Christianity teaches its followers to be patient, kind, long - suffering, love your enemies, pray for those who despitefully use you, turn the other cheek, and so on.

Of course even if he did attack you, you can be much more persuasive by graciously looking past personal slights, than by reacting defensively against them; you know, turn the other cheek.

I'm ready to escape the relentless pursuit of hate and bitterness by praying for my enemies, blessing those who curse me, and turning the other cheek.

He shows how we Christians have terribly misunderstood and misapplied the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:38 - 42 about turning the other cheek and walking the extra mile.

they mimic her and insult christ and christians 24/7 while cnn, having been informed hundreds of times of their legal liability, turns the other cheek.

Jesus spent all of his ministry teaching you to treat your neighbor in the same way that you would want to be treated; invited you to take notice of the plank in your eye, not to cast the first stione, to turn the other cheek.

It comes in a barrage of equally hard sayings toward the end of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus tells his followers to turn the other cheek, give away your coat if someone sues you for your shirt, and «love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven» (Matthew 5:44 - 45).

It is the higher reasoning nature that he asked you to utilize, not your primitive impulsive nature: again, turning the other cheek, etc, all of which requires the use of your higher reasoning abilities.

Part of why I think Jesus talks so explicitly about loving our enemies and turning the other cheek is because it isn't our knee - jerk reaction; it doesn't necessarily come naturally to us.

A final pastoral function is the reconciling one — i.e., restoring the basis for belief in persons of faith despite their contradictory behavior; «turning the other cheek» in anomalous situations.

Of course I also agree with ex-NY Mayor Koch who stated something like, I don't believe in turning the other cheek, I give back as much as I get.

Some of you seem to think Jesus was some anemic wimp and all Christians should turn the other cheek.

Thus, in 1975 when Dr. Robb (then president of the «Good News» movement) leveled a blast at all the United Methodist seminaries, claiming that in none of them could an evangelical student hope for a decent exposure to the Wesleyan heritage, there were not many of us in an other - cheek - turning mood.

I am a big fan of the whole loving your enemies and turning the other cheek thing.

he did speak of «turning the other cheek, loving your enemies, he did admonish his disciple peter for using a sword on him, he did allow himself to be killed, he did chose to forigve»... i'm just now seeing anywhere in the NT where followers of christ are called to kill??? please show me... please show me in the the ten commandments where it instructs on killing... oh, it does say not to murder

Some of the most widely quoted sayings in the Sermon on the Mount, and the ones most consistently violated, are the commands (Mt 5:38 - 42) to turn the other cheek, to give the cloak when deprived of the coat, to go two miles when compelled to go one, to refuse no request for a gift or a loan, to offer no resistance to an evil man, as recent translations read where the KJV says «resist not evil.»

Between, in the body of the sermon, lie the sayings most characteristic of the real Jesus: those concerning love of enemies, turning the other cheek, giving the shirt off one's back, and forgiving debts.

Jesus asked each of us to think for himself, to go into a closet and pray, to turn the other cheek, to not cast the first stone, etc..

In just that context he must renounce all use of force, turn the other cheek when affronted, and give his last garment to whoever asks for it.

There are many positive principles you can glean from it, such as turning the other cheek, loving those who hate you, and casting no stones of dispersion against others.

A follower of Jesus turns the other cheek.

Do you think that Jesus saying things like «Love you enemy» and «turn the other cheek» don't give us a picture of Jesus?

But in Western culture, Bowman explains (echoing Nietzsche), primitive honor did battle for centuries with the Christ - ideal of inner virtue, humility, and turning the other cheek.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), who often spoke of Jesus, wrote «the gentle figure of Christ, so patient, so kind, so loving, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck but to turn the other cheek — it was a beautiful example, I thought, of the perfect man.»

To some, he represents a new world order, an egalitarian society, a preacher of nonviolence who asked us to turn the other cheek.

Ironic isn't it — the biggest mass murders in history perpetrated by the most religious followers of a religion promoting turning the other cheek...

Okay, live a life of poverty and turning the other cheek and having few material items.

People, of their own will, can not live free from anxiety about the future nor turn the other cheek when someone hits them.

From the example of Jesus I will turn the other cheek to your comment.

Whereas Jesus said, «If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,» President Bush, who claims to be a follower of Jesus, says, «If you think that Hussein will strike you on one cheek, hit him, along with innocent bystanders.»

answer YOUR A LIBERIAL if i were a doctor and every monday i let people who did not have health insurence or money in their pockets come to my office so i could heal them what am i?answer YOUR A BLEEDING HEART LIBERIAL if i let you hit me right up side of my head and all i did was to turn my other cheek to you what am i?

At the center of this final battle between good and evil is an action - hero - like Jesus, who is in no mood to turn the other cheek.

David, that precisely was my point about MLK with direct action and turning the other cheek that Jesus talked of with bringing embarrassment to powers.

When you read your Bible next time, remember the following passages: «those without sin shall cast the first stone;» «love thy neighbor as thyself;» «turn the other cheek» and «that which you do to the least of my brethren, you do unto me.»