Different Interpretations of the Text

• Retaliation in the Sermon on the Mount

  You have heard that it was said 'Eye for an eye, and tooth for tooth'. But i tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
• Love in the Sermon on the Mount


  And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you
• Retaliation and Love in the Sermon on the Mount (1)

  You have heard that it was said, 'love your neighbour and hate your enemy'. But i tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
• Retaliation and Love in the Sermon on the Mount (2)

  If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others?
• Conservative response to virgin birth and miracles


  - literal

  - word of god

  - inerrant

  - possible due to God's omnipotence
• Liberal response to virgin birth and miracles

  - metaphor

  - bible not the word of god

  - god is not omnipotent

  - god is transcendent

  - god does not intervene