“Jesus And Violence”

Jesus said at least two extraordinary things about violence.

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Gun Lobby

I am really trying to keep my grubby little paws off the gun debate in the US. It is not my issue. It is not my country. As far as I can tell, guns have never really had any direct impact on my life. What right do I have to an opinion?

Hiroshima – The Truth We Cannot Face

Sixty-seven years ago today a United States Army Airforce B-29 called the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb its makers’ quaintly named “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Between 90,000 and 140,000 mostly civilians died as a result of this devastating attack.

The Roots of Violence

David Cullen was one of the first reporters on the scene at Columbine High School in 1999 after the tragic actions of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left thirteen dead.

John 5:1-18 (#2) – The Untransformed Victim

The healed invalid in John 5:1-18 reminds me of Jonah. Jonah, was miraculously delivered by God, but he was not transformed. At the end of the book Jonah remained as vengeful, resentful, and xenophobic as he was at the beginning of the story.

Violence British Style

Predictably, the violence in Britain over the past week has generated harsh calls for increased police protection and more effective measures for enforcing law and order. Less common have been the calls for serious self-examination and exploration of the underlying causes of the violence and social unrest that have spilled out into the streets of a number of Britain’s major cities.

Babi Yar #1

The documentary novel Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel by Anatoli Kuznetsov tells the harrowing story of the German occupation of Ukraine, including the massacre of thousands of people in the Babi Yar ravine outside Kiev.

My Violence

Thy have been called idiots, drunks, jerks, thugs, hooligans, goons, anarchists, retards, reptiles, louts, losers, low-lifes, morons, and a number of other less flattering things I am not comfortable repeating. Those of us who did not participate in their activities have rushed to explain the reasons behind their behaviour and to call for the full extent of the law to be brought to bear against them.

Male Violence

Long after the defeat of the Vancouver Canucks by the Boston Bruins in game seven of the Stnaley Cup final has been forgotten, the images of young adults in the streets of Vancouver dancing around overturned burning automobiles, looting stores, and trashing port-o-potties will remain in the collective memory.

“Poor Me” No Longer

It was one of those amazing Living Word of God moments. I had been nursing a peeve. My feelings had been hurt. I felt wrongfully accused, slandered by words I perceived to have portrayed me in a less than flattering light.