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What Jesus Meant By “Turn the Other Cheek” in Matthew 5:39

Overcoming Evil Through Creative Acts of Nonviolent Resistance

“After years of hiding bruises, a woman confides in a friend about her husband’s violent outbursts. Her friend advises her to submit to her husband, explaining that in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus teaches that we are to “turn the other cheek.” But is that Jesus’ meaning? Is he really teaching people to remain passive in situations of abuse?”
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What Matthew 7:1-5 (Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged) Means
Sermon on the Mount
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What Matthew 6:22-23 (The Eye Is the Lamp of the Body) Means
Sermon on the Mount
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Jesus on God's Forgiveness (The Meaning of Matthew 6:14-15)
Sermon on the Mount
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What Are “Rewards in Heaven” in the Bible?
Sermon on the Mount
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Divorce in the Bible: How Jesus Responded to the Debate
Sermon on the Mount
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How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (The Meaning of Matthew 5:17)
Sermon on the Mount

Divorce in the Bible: How Jesus Responded to the Debate

“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” The religious experts pressed Jesus for an answer (Matt. 19:3), and his response has fueled hot debate ever since. While his teaching seems to clearly prohibit almost all divorce and cast post-divorce remarriage as an act of adultery, there is good reason to look deeper into the larger biblical narrative.
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What Is the Sermon on the Mount?
Sermon on the Mount
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What is the Definition of Grace? (According to the Bible)
Grace
Character of God
Exodus 34:6-7
Word Studies
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Rosh Hashanah: How the Jewish New Year Connects to Jesus
Creation
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What Matthew 6:33 (Seek First the Kingdom of God) Means
Matthew
Gospel of the Kingdom
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What Is Pentecost? And Why Is It Important?
Acts
Holy Spirit
Temple

How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (The Meaning of Matthew 5:17)

The command “Do not murder” seems achievable on the surface—just don’t murder people. But Jesus suggests this is not the law’s ultimate goal. Yes, the point was to end human violence, but even more it was to guide people into the attitudes and ways of loving one another. When we avoid murder, we partly fill the law. When we love, we fill it full.
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“Why Did Jesus Have To Die?” (A Question Worth Unpacking)
Sacrifice & Atonement
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What Are Sin, Iniquity, and Transgression in the Bible?
Bad Words
sin
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3 Love Stories in the Bible That Help Us Rethink Romance
loyal love
6 min read
Does a “Most-Accurate” Bible Translation Exist?
How to Read the Bible
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What Does the Bible Say about Angels and Cherubim?
Spiritual Beings

What Does It Mean to Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness?

The message is at once simple and revolutionary. Jesus invites us to trust God with the substance of our daily existence, while simultaneously becoming consumed with a hunger for the right relationships of his Kingdom.
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Exile in the Bible: An Ethic of Loyalty and Subversion
Exile
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What Does the Book of Numbers Teach Us?
App Torah Journey
Numbers
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What Kind of Culture Shaped the Bible?
The Paradigm
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Why Leviticus Is Worth Your Time
App Torah Journey
Leviticus
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What Does the Bible Say About Blessing and Curse?
Blessing and Curse
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What Happens When We Read the Bible Together?
The Paradigm
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If God Remembers, Does He Also Forget?
Classroom
Genesis
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Can We Experience Eternal Life Today?
Eternal Life
Wisdom
Tree of Life
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How Does the Bible's Story Lead to Jesus?
The Paradigm
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