When someone strikes you on [your] right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. (Matthew 5:39) A Scripture scholar’s insight transformed this line for me. In first-century Palestine, left-handedness was seen as evil. People never used their left hands for any public task, even slapping a person. The only way to strike a […]

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