I'm in the middle of a book that is kicking my butt! It is "Unconditional" by Brian Zahnd. Every chapter so far has been profound and imminently practical. Here's a quote:
Evil is only defeated when someone absorbs the blow and forgives, thus ending the cycle of evil. Absorbing the blow without retaliation by exercising the option to forgive is not weakness or acquiescence with injustice; it is taking up your cross and following Jesus. It is following Jesus to Calvary, and there ending evil through the triumph of forgiveness. Forgiveness is not weakness; it is the power of God--the power of God to overcome evil by depriving evil of a host for retaliation.
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