259. How To Sheath Your Sword In A Violent-Loving Culture

What if real strength isn’t found in winning arguments—but in knowing when to lay down your rights?

In this New Year’s Eve episode of Two Pastors and a Mic, Cory and Channock close out 2025 by unpacking one of Jesus’ most misunderstood teachings: meekness. Drawing from Cory’s final eBook, How to Sheath Your Sword in a Violent Loving Culture, they explore why meekness is not weakness, but strength under control—and why it may be the posture Christians need most in a polarized world.

You’ll hear:
⚔️ Why “Blessed are the meek” was a radical, counter-cultural statement
🗡️ What Jesus was really teaching when He told His disciples to bring swords
❤️ How defending Jesus often does more harm than good
🌍 The difference between seizing power and inheriting it
🤝 Why love—not force—is the way of Christ in a culture addicted to domination

This conversation invites you to reflect on how you show up in relationships, online spaces, and cultural tension—and what it might look like to enter 2026 with humility, restraint, and courage shaped by love.

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00:00 - Welcome + New Year’s Eve intro
00:41 - Five years in: favorite parts of the podcast
01:15 - Why archived episodes/resources matter
02:03 - Most-listened series: “Who Is the Devil?” + “Let’s Talk About Hell”
03:18 - Final eBook episode: How to Sheathe Your Sword in a Violent Loving Culture
03:58 - Meekness: a misunderstood Beatitude (and Cory’s tattoo)
04:42 - The cost of modern war: drones, missiles, and “the tension”
06:11 - “Our Christian identity must trump our American identity”
07:29 - Why meekness challenged Cory’s American-Christian framework
08:15 - “A Christmas Sheath” series + definition: strength under control
09:52 - Meekness ≠ weakness: power submitted to love
10:35 - “Sell your cloak and buy a sword”: what Jesus meant
11:08 - Two swords, eleven disciples, Roman soldiers… and “That’s enough”
12:06 - Peter cuts the ear: Jesus heals (the last miracle before the cross)
13:29 - Defending Jesus online: social media as modern sword-swinging
14:08 - Why Jesus rebukes Peter: learning strength under control
14:27 - “Jesus taught them how not to use swords”
14:29 - Tertullian quote: “Christ disarmed all Christians for all time”
14:55 - “Swinging the sword is easy; sheathing it takes strength”
15:12 - Inherit vs seize: Caesar’s way vs Christ’s way
15:51 - Donkey vs warhorse: Palm Sunday symbolism + “Hosanna”
16:43 - Once you see meekness, you can’t unsee it
17:00 - Go download the eBook (meekness in real life)
17:49 - Reflection questions: where you’re tempted to “draw the sword”
18:24 - Closing encouragement for 2026: strength that shows love
19:16 - Resources for listeners + Zoay Intensive mention
19:52 - Sign-off: “You’re loved—and there’s nothing you can do about it”