2008-11-18 issue:
Peacemaking and Iran’s Ahmadinejad
by Larry Augsburger, Kidron, OhiI was floored by Seth Ramer’s comment in the Oct. 21 Readers Say, “What a contradiction of terms; peacemaking and Ahmadinejad in the same sentence.” If it’s not the Ahmadinejads of life we are supposed to be making peace with, who is it? Is Seth Ramer suggesting that there are two levels of enemies—those we make peace with and those we don’t make peace with? How do we fit that into our New Testament theology of peace? It would appear to me it is precisely those with whom we have the greatest disagreement that we need to be working toward peace with most aggressively. I am grateful to Mennonite Central Committee for leading the effort.
Associated Issue: Consumer desire - Oct. 21, 2008
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