Love your enemies (Luke 6:27-38)
- The Welcome Table
- Aug 29, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 16, 2025
“Love your enemies,” Jesus commands—not as a lofty ideal but as the radical heart of discipleship. From everyday acts of restraint to extraordinary gestures of mercy, this kind of love resists revenge and makes space for healing. What feels impossible may in fact be the most natural expression of God’s image in us—the hope of a better way.
This article was published in The Christian Century on February 21, 2025, and was written by Ed Horstmann.
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