In the same vein, we rightly tell women they should not
simply turn the other cheek when a man sexually assaults them.
Not exact matches
How different this is from the usual view that this passage teaches us to
turn the
other cheek so our batterer can
simply clobber us again!
This is like what has been said about
turning the
other cheek; in fact it
simply carries the same theme a little further.
While Jesus» name won't appear on the ballot this fall, I imagine that every time I care for the poor, attempt to live more
simply,
turn the
other cheek, and love my enemies, I'm casting a vote for Jesus, who will one day return to rule His Kingdom in person.
But, there is no sound Biblical ground to suggest that Jews and Christians are supposed to
simply allow al Queda or ISIS or any common thug to come into our homes and kill us while we
turn the
other cheek.