Isn’t it Violence for Jesus to Tell Us to Cut off our Hands to Avoid Punishment? — Jesus Without Baggage

Does Jesus promote violent acts? I don’t think so. Sometimes those who DO think Jesus promotes violence bring up a passage where Jesus tells us to severely injure ourselves. Mark 9 reports this saying of Jesus: If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed […]

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