“Being a peacemaker is part of being surrendered to God, for God brings peace. We abandon the effort to get our needs met through the destruction of enemies. God comes to us in Christ to make peace with us; and we participate in God’s grace as we go to our enemies to make peace.”
(Glen H. Stassen and David Gushee, Kingdom Ethics)
“The peace intended is not merely that of political and economic stability, as in the Greco-Roman world, but peace in the Old Testament inclusive sense of wholeness, all that constitutes well being … The ‘peacemakers,’ therefore, are not simply those who bring peace between two conflicting parties, but those who actively at work making peace, bringing about wholeness and well-being among the alienated.”
(Robert Guelich, Sermon on the Mount: A Foundation For Understanding)
Dang Dude, you are deep. When will I see you?
Hey Chris — when will you be in Chicago again?