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OpinionPoliticsColumnsNonviolence and Peace

The Peacemaker Question: The Difference in Loving and Making Peace

By Jim Wallis
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Nov 14, 2019
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“Blessed are the peace lovers,” for they shall be called righteous — on the right side. They will be known for what they will not do, for being against war, for preferring peace, for not fighting, for staying out of conflicts.

But that is not what Jesus said.

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