...the surprise in Acts is not the conflict, not the willingness of Christians to ape the empire. The surprise is not division but reconciliation. The surprise is not that Christians are afflicted with the same passions that lead to war in the world but that we struggle against them.
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Peace in the Midst of Conflict
Obedience doesn’t guarantee the absence of conflict. All of today’s readings--to say nothing of centuries of Christian history--make this clear. What obedience does bring is peace in the midst of the unavoidable conflict we will encounter on the way to the Kingdom of God.