Jesus the Pacifist, Matthew Curtis Fleischer
Jesus the Pacifist, Matthew Curtis Fleischer
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Jesus the Pacifist
A Concise Guide to His Radical Nonviolence

Author: Matthew Curtis Fleischer, Gregory A. Boyd (Foreword)

Narrator: Derek Botten

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2020


Synopsis

“Easy-to-read and compellingly argued … masterfully demonstrated … a treasure trove of insights …” – Gregory A. Boyd (from the Foreword)Have you ever struggled to reconcile Jesus’s commands to not resist evil, turn the other cheek, and love your enemies with his use of a whip to clear the temple, his praise for the Roman centurion, his command to the disciples to buy swords, and his frequent warnings of violent judgment, not to mention Revelation’s prophecy that he will eventually return to kill God’s enemies with a sword?In Jesus the Pacifist, Fleischer provides a systematic, biblically based, and comprehensive overview of Jesus’s relationship with violence, one that may forever change how you view his ministry and your calling.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan on May 16, 2021

An argument is only strong if it adequately rebuts the best objections of its opposition. Unfortunately, Jesus the Pacifist does not succeed at this. At the heart of the book's problems lie its method of Biblical interpretation (i.e. its hermeneutic). While Matthew Curtis Fleischer is a competent the......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 16, 2020

I bought three or four copies of "The Old Testament Case For Nonviolence" to give out to people - that's how much I loved it. Today, after reading the advance copy of "Jesus the Pacifist" I bought three paperback copies to share - Fleischer did it again! Fleischer expertly handled many (if not all) o......more

Goodreads review by Connor on March 22, 2020

Here is a concise, yet thorough, summary of Jesus’s ethics toward violence. This book is more accessible than many of its inspirations, yet it is also structured for systematic thinkers who would rather work through the whole discourse than just nibble at its edges. This book is an excellent startin......more

Goodreads review by John on February 09, 2020

Matthew Fleischer did a great job surprising me with his previous book, The Old Testament Case for Non-violence. He follows the same methodology of considering New Testament texts of violent nature in their context and against the explicit teachings of Jesus in this new book while fairly considering......more

Goodreads review by Derek on September 06, 2021

Having read Fleischer's "The Old Testament Case for Nonviolence," I was expecting this new book to be in the same vein. However, I thought "Jesus the Pacifist" was much better. The new book seems to be better organized, have a better flow, and there isn't really any section where I got bored or bogg......more