Strength That Looks Like Mercy: Why Gentleness Isn't Weakness | S3E23

About this episode

In this episode, Ashley discusses the importance of mercy, gentleness, and peacemaking in a divided world.

Click to Comment! Y'all. Look around at the world right now. The division. The anger. The way people talk to and about each other. And then look at what Jesus said in Matthew 5 — blessed are the merciful. Blessed are the pure in heart. Blessed are the peacemakers. Those three things go against absolutely everything the world is telling us to do right now. And I cannot think of three things we need more desperately. In Episode 23 of Unscripted Conversations we talk about what mercy actually i...

People in this episode

Host: Ashley

Topics covered

• mercy
• gentleness
• peacemaking
• division
• anger
• faith

Keywords

• mercy
• gentleness
• peacemakers
• Matthew 5
• faith
• division
• anger

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 5

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