In Matt 10:34-36, Jesus said: "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. I have come to set a ... pastors believe this heresy. But, what did Jesus say about himself? "For God so love the ...

many radical statements by Jesus survive. For example: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." The Kingdom of God is repeatedly ...

When Thomas came back to his friends they asked him, "What did Jesus ... have come to cast peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the earth: fire, sword ...

But his insights fit uncomfortably well on the southern border of our country too: “When Jesus says, ‘I come not to bring peace, but a sword’ (Matt. 10:34), I understand that to mean ...