Love Your Enemies | Angel Maldonado

About this episode

This episode challenges Christians to follow Jesus' command to love their enemies and provides practical takeaways for building relationships across divides.

Visit Renew.org to sign up for our email newsletter and be the first to know about new content, books and resources. https://renew.org/ Join RENEW.org at an upcoming event: https://renew.org/resources/events/ Join RENEW.org's Newsletter: https://renew.org/resources/newsletter-sign-up/ From the 2020 National Gathering, this episode challenges Christians to follow Jesus' radical command to love their enemies. The speaker examines how modern society personifies ideologies as enemies, shares real-life stories of reaching hurting youth, and calls listeners to lead with compassion without sacrificing conviction. Practical takeaways include building relationships across divides, feeding and caring for those we fear, and overcoming evil with good (Romans 12:20-21).

People in this episode

Guest: Angel Maldonado

Topics covered

• love your enemies
• Christianity
• compassion
• conviction
• relationships
• overcoming evil

Keywords

• love your enemies
• Christianity
• compassion
• relationships
• overcoming evil
• youth
• ideologies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RENEW.org

Books & works: Romans 12:20-21

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