Conflict & Peace
Lately at Redeemer , we've been talking about conflict and how to resolve it. Like God often does, He is immediately putting what I've been learning to the test. Though I'm happy to report some success in conflict resolution, I must confess that I've just as often failed in that area (story of my life). In light of recent experiences, I've decided to look at conflict and what the Bible says about it. First, what is conflict? The Oxford English Dictionary (yes, I'm an English major) defines "conflict" as: a prolonged struggle and as the clashing or variance of opposed principles, statements, arguments, etc. As a verb, "to conflict"is defined as to contend, strive, or struggle with . Okay, that's a good starting place. So people have conflict when their ideas or actions differ. Based on the definitions, in order to be in conflict with someone, you must have some idea of their arguments and must be in prolon