{"product_id":"if-jesus-is-lord-loving-our-enemies-in-an-age-of-violence-paperback-1","title":"If Jesus Is Lord: Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald J. Sider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStanley Hauerwas\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does Jesus have to say about violence, just war, and killing? Does Jesus ever want his disciples to kill in order to resist evil and promote peace and justice?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book by noted theologian and bestselling author Ronald J. Sider provides a career capstone statement on biblical peacemaking. Sider makes a strong case for the view that Jesus calls his disciples to love, and never kill, their enemies. He explains that there are never only two options: to kill or to do nothing in the face of tyranny and brutality. There is always a third possibility: vigorous, nonviolent resistance. If we believe that Jesus is Lord, then we disobey him when we set aside what he taught about killing and ignore his command to love our enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis thorough, comprehensive treatment of a topic of perennial concern vigorously engages with the just war tradition and issues a challenge to all Christians, especially evangelicals, to engage in biblical peacemaking. The book includes a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most insightful and persuasive treatise for Christian peacemaking\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Jesus intended that his followers should never kill anyone!' After you read \u003ci\u003eIf Jesus Is Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, you will be able to reject this claim as unworkable in the real world, but you will not be able to dispute it. A compelling and challenging volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMiroslav Volf\u003c\/b\u003e, Yale Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ron Sider is a rare bird among biblical interpreters: he combines well-grounded scholarly attentiveness with a lively, practical passion for a world of just peace. Our long-term debt to Sider is deep and beyond calculation. This book comes at just the right time.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eWalter Brueggemann\u003c\/b\u003e, Columbia Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIf Jesus Is Lord\u003c\/i\u003e is excellent and extremely helpful thinking for our Catholic Nonviolence Initiative. Thank you, Ron Sider!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMarie Dennis\u003c\/b\u003e, copresident, Pax Christi International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one tackles the tough issues like Ron Sider. This book helped me draw closer to Jesus as Lord.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJoel C. Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e, former senior pastor, Northland Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sider's explication of Christian nonviolence, for both individuals and society, is one of the strongest I have seen.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJim Wallis\u003c\/b\u003e, president of Sojourners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eIf Jesus Is Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, Sider has presented the most insightful and persuasive treatise for Christian peacemaking. A must-read!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eGabriel Salguero\u003c\/b\u003e, president, National Latino Evangelical Coalition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In every chapter, Sider presents a compelling invitation to follow Jesus's example of nonviolent and radical love.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMayra G. Picos Lee\u003c\/b\u003e, board president, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I have been reading Sider for forty years, and this is his best case yet.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eScot McKnight\u003c\/b\u003e, Northern Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sider has spent a lifetime shaking up the religious establishment, blurring the lines of Right and Left. This book is eminently readable, relevant, and impactful for Jesus followers across the spectrum.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSusan Schultz Huxman\u003c\/b\u003e, president, Eastern Mennonite University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most important books of the year, if not of the decade. It is, in a way, one of Ron's great legacies, a life's work, a \u003ci\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . \u003ci\u003eIf Jesus Is Lord: Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence \u003c\/i\u003eis a gift to the church, a call to faithfulness, and a very, very, important volume. Highly recommended.\"--\u003cb\u003eByron Borger\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHearts and Minds Books \u003c\/i\u003e(named a Best Book of 2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A masterful defense of pacifism as the only faithful option for followers of Christ.\"--\u003cb\u003eJon Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e, Evangelicals for Social Action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A helpful defense of Christian pacifism from a biblical, Christological perspective by a longtime, articulate advocate of nonviolence.\"--\u003cb\u003eGordon Houser\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mennonite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Ron Sider, in \u003ci\u003eIf Jesus is Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, examines the Sermon on the Mount and its implications for violence, war, and pacifism. I consider Jesus' teachings to be the most significant location for this entire discussion. . . . The most natural interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount seems to confirm that Christians in the first three centuries were right in thinking that Jesus intended to teach his followers never to kill.\"--\u003cb\u003eScot McKnight\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJesus Creed \u003c\/i\u003eblog\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A timely and ultimately inspiring study for our troubled times, \u003ci\u003eIf Jesus Is Lord: Loving Our Enemies in an Age of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is unreservedly recommended reading for all members of the Christian community.\"--\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Reading this book is a disturbing experience--at least it should be for anyone trying to follow Jesus Christ today. . . . [Sider] sets out the case for Christian pacifism, doing so in a way that demands our attention and response, even those of us who have not been convinced up to now.\"--\u003cb\u003eTrevor Jamison\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReform \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald J. Sider\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Yale University) is the founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action and distinguished professor of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is the author of more than thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eNonviolent Action\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Early Church on Killing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Good News and Good Works\u003c\/i\u003e, and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eRich Christians in an Age of Hunger.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42591858688096,"sku":"9780801036286","price":43.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/eExqUnBaRHhJNmNDY2JlUHFLc0Rqdz09.webp?v=1771394119","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/if-jesus-is-lord-loving-our-enemies-in-an-age-of-violence-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}