Sentences with phrase «turn the other cheek so»

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!

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

Don't forget the turn the other cheek shtick, you fail at that so often.

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.

So, if you truly love God, you will love yourself, those who are your friends, those who raise their fists and arms and guns at you, and then turn that other cheek and know no fear or hatred.

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).

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.

So is turn the other cheek.

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.

Jesus said turn the other cheek, let the wheat grow up with the tares so as not to accidently uproot anyone, Love your enemy etc..

But he does so poorly by taking a very complex issue, oversimplifying by taking only a few specific passages into consideration (i.e. «Love your enemies,» «Bless those who curse you,» and «Turn the other cheek»), and reaching a single, all - encompassing conclusion.

Turning the other cheek, going the extra mile and so on.

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.»

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?

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.

They will never catch on to Christ's teaching to «turn the other cheek» or «as you have done unto the least of these so too have you done unto me».

Even so, the message is split between «go and sell all you have and buy a sword» and «turning the other cheek.»

So Carl, the quid pro quo is fine — turn the other cheek on a total criminal because he helped you out politically?

Instead, it's the kind of crass comedy where a slimy dance instructor (played by Marlon Wayans) talks about the Bible and his desire to «turn the other cheek,» then walks away so we can see his bare ass.

I watched this at close range Saturday evening in Boston because I was cheek by peach - fuzzy jowl with those fans online, pumping my own 110 or so live - tweets of her lyrics and speech text to them and watching members of her 874,659 - person following stop, drop everything, turn to each other, and say, «Look at this... have you ever noticed this?»

Amazon's schema has a lot of content restrictions, so maybe I'm wrong and they'll continue to turn the other cheek when it comes to more - ahem - mature content fan fic and AUs.

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Effective realtors must go to WAR, but be ready to turn the other CHEEK, so to speak.