Sentences with phrase «turn the other cheek in»

yes it does say to turn the other cheek in the bible, but you're using it out of context.

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.

What does the Lord's injunction to turn the other cheek in Matthew 5:39 require when it comes to ecumenical dialogue?

East Gallery: Turn the Other Cheek In this exhibition of new figurative work, Cathy Daley deals with the theme of communication and the effect of subjectivity on relationships and understanding.

Not exact matches

Maybe I could promise them some future reward for being docile... for turning the other cheek... Even better; what if I could convince them that they could endure suffering in this world because it was meaningless?

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

I feel like a lightweight in the heavyweight division; this statement is not driven by a need to appear humble or to «earn points» with God or those longsuffering Christians still reading this thread by turning the other cheek and being meek.

Bottom line, let's look at the Bible in context (i.e. Jesus is God, same God who says turn the other cheek told the Israelites to kill every man, woman, and child in Canaan) and let's use common sense while always trying to follow Biblical teachings.

The greatest love known is to give (or risk) your life for a friend - Jesus didn't say that the greatest love known is to «turn the other cheek and forsake a friend» - you recieved sacrifical love from a complete stranger and willfully chose to withhold your sacrificial love in return.

Sure, if a driver flips you off on the freeway, it's a noble and wise thing to «turn the other cheek» - but if a mass murderer is alive and planning more carnage, it would be an insult to all that is good, right, and just in the world to allow him to plan and execute further terrorist plots.

I refused even though my mom told me protect myself, because I had learned in church, that Jesus my lord and savior said not to, that we should turn the other cheek.

Jesus could have left the moneychanges alone and prayed for them in the Temple, but instead he whipped them, turned over their tables (not his other cheek), and then chased them away.

f The more original Biblical reference to retaliation was from the mythical character Jesus (invented by Constantine at the first council at Nicaea in 325, and modeled after his own «prophet» the Sun God, Mithra, and named Jesus Christos to combine the Celtic God Hesus and the Indian God Krishna, whose Latin name was Christos, into one God) who said «turn your other cheek» (when struck in the face).

As a non-believer in any personal god I am not compelled to turn the other cheek, but give back as much or more dissing as I get and often do it first, why wait?

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.

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.

In the same vein, we rightly tell women they should not simply turn the other cheek when a man sexually assaults them.

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).

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.

In imitating God and His virtues, Rabbi Cordevero believes that humanity should desire to sustain love and «turn the other cheek» even to those «who do not deserve it at all.»

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.

Practicing Christianity has for African - Americans meant turning the other cheek, walking in humility, and enduring cruel and debasing treatment.

Jesus» commands are pretty clear — turn the other cheek, love enemies and forgive them, don't take revenge, etc, so it would seem that refusing to fight or support in any way might be the thing christians should do, unless the war is clearly justified.

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.»

This is like what has been said about turning the other cheek; in fact it simply carries the same theme a little further.

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.

While there are difficult verses (such as «eye for eye, tooth for tooth» and «turn the other cheek»), in context, they do not contradict (with that case, Moses was setting up punishment in court, while Jesus was telling how individuals should live).

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.

I'm not sure it's possible to be a healthy, well - adjusted person and go around loving your enemies and giving without expecting anything in return and turning the other cheek.

The prolem I've always had with organized religion is that at some point after all the «Do unto others» «Turn the other cheek» «Help thy neighbor» they all say «Oh, by the way, do it our way or burn in hell».

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.

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

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.

Certainly it makes no difference whether the setting is a mountain or a plain, and after the Beatitudes there are only slight differences in wording.3 Many familiar teachings are included here: turn the other cheek, go the second mile, be reconciled with your brother, lay up treasures in heaven, judge not, and love your enemies — not just your friends, but your enemies!

Do you believe when Jesus said «turn the other cheek» he was referring to being constantly slapped down by your fellow believers — you know, the ones who are to be maturing and new creations in Christ?

Because the Bible is in the cultural stream: David and Goliath, healing the blind man, I was blind but now I see, turn the other cheek.

With turning the other cheek, my take (again rightly or wrongly) is in the context of Roman occupation and it being an act of active resistance, using laws that exist against in this case a Roman that would slap a Jew in the face.

By turning the other cheek, it's not passive but in the knowledge that a soldier would get into trouble if he slapped a second time.

One night I gave to the fourteen - year - olds in my cabin a brief exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, including the injunction to «turn the other cheek.»

The heart of God is not so much reflected in sunshine and rain as it is in the cross, where God literally turned the other cheek to the enemies of goodness and justice.

Those who in the face of violence, oppression, abuse and neglect continue to turn the other cheek, go the second mile and share possessions even with accusers are not really victims.

It means the end for the «kingdom of the gentiles,» although the kingdom of God will triumph not by «paying back the gentiles in their own coin,» as Wright says, but by turning the other cheek and walking the second mile.

I grapple with «turn the other cheek» in the latter context - it is a very fine line sometimes between saying: no this is not ok do not abuse me, and being abusive in return.

Believers preach / believe in tolerance and turning the other cheek.

Once - Reluctant said, on November 12th, 2009 at 10:13 pm It's good to see you can take the humour in stride, and even turn the other cheek.

Loving your enemies puts you at a distinct disadvantage in a competitive climate where they are likely to sock it to you if you turn the other cheek.

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.