Jesus improvised a whip to move sheep and cattle. But given his consistent refusal to coerce anybody, it’s improbable that he used the whip on people. Christian protesters today do well to follow Jesus’ nonviolent example. We do well to cultivate respectful relations with government representatives. But the time may come to to speak, to act, to confront.
Category: Holding leaders accountable
Offensive conduct by a political leader
How much offensive conduct by a government official does it take until religious and political leaders protest or help turn the culprit out of office? The antiquities department at the Louvre museum in Paris is an unlikely place to countenance such a question. But a lima bean-size official seal from the reign of biblical King…
Holy Lands Peace Pilgrim 