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Coming in November 2025: In these nineteen essays, Arnold calls us to build up a just, peaceable society motivated by love.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus puts aside his usual parables and speaks plainly in language anyone can understand.
Like Francis of Assisi and others, Arnold chose to live out Jesus’ teachings by embracing their self- sacrificing demands. In this collection of talks and essays, he calls us to live for the Sermon’s ultimate goal: the overturning of the prevailing order of injustice. In its place, Arnold writes, we must build up a just, peaceable society motivated by love.
The Bruderhof and other Anabaptist communities have historically been known for their stress on LIVING the Christian life, as commanded in Scripture, not just talking about it or writing exegetical and theological works about it. But this does not mean they are opposed to careful thinking and scholarship, so it was important that one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers, Jürgen Moltmann, has written a foreword to this book.
So true and inspiring! Gods love reaches everywhere and to live comfortably in our comfort zones without ever coming into contact with anyone different than our little "circle of friends" is so mundane and almost scary to me. Jesus was a rebel who defied social norms and Hes an awesome example to follow!! To be concerned and want to pray about the injustices, the crime, and the problems in our cities and communities is to have Gods love in us. It is truly supernatural and is nothing I or anyone else is doing...its totally Him shining! How can we live extraordinarily for Jesus today?
I agree with the author Eberhard Arnold that the sermon on the mount is something for us to live out today. Beginning with the prevailing order of injustice and building in its place a just, peaceable society motivated by love. This way, we shall be preparing the bride and defining our bridal identity which is a core value in the community of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we move closer to rapture.
In thinking about the properties and uses of salt, we can note that salt dumped onto any food makes it inedible, a good thing to remember when evangelizing to those not of the Church. I believe a good use of Christian salt is our life as witness to the teachings of Jesus Christ working in the world. "See how they love each other."
Introduction by Scot McKnight
Afterword by Jürgen Moltmann
