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6. Sermon on the Mount : Turning the Other Cheek and Loving Our Enemies. Matthew 5:38-48

Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

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I Don't Accept the Script You've Been Handed

In the old testament, there's his idea of like, don't accept the script you've been handed. Change the script. And doctor king changed the script and he stood there and he let people hit him,. He didn't hit back, and he didn't run. Ayand the police were forced in that moment. They had to now make a decision. It is way harder to stand your ground when somebody is hitting you in the face than it is to run away or to fight back. But what happened was a lot of the public finally saw this happen. They saw the policemen deciding to continue to beat somebody who wasn’t trying to beat them back. So or not.

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