People of Peace
Learning to Live like Jesus in Hobart
14 April to 19 May 2024
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We live in a world which is becoming increasingly polarised. Agreement and consensus are hard to build, and it often seems conflict is permeating our political and cultural discourse to such a degree it is hard to do community well.
Jesus is in the peace business. Peace is a major biblical theme. Jesus promises that those who work to build peace will be blessed (Matthew 5:9). It is often thought that peacekeeping and peacemaking are the same thing, but they are not. Peace is not the absence of conflict. Instead, peace is working through conflict together.
- How do we love people who we a in conflict with?
- How do we disagree well?
- How do we work toward peace in our local community during a time where we seem to be becoming increasingly divided?
- How do we work for peace on an international level?
- Paul writes that followers of Jesus should seek to live in peace with everyone (Romans 12:17). But how is this possible?
- What do we do if others wrong us?
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
Romans 12:17 (NIV)
In 2024, peace feels both urgent and far off. But Jesus has promised his followers peace (John 14:27). How do we find that peace and how do we share it with the world around us? How do we live well in a troubled world and a conflicted culture? We do it by being people of peace.
| Date | Topic (orange text: link available to watch) | Suggested Readings | Speaker |
| 14 April | SACRED PEACE Can we reach it? Peace can often feel far off. | John 14:27 | Matt Henderson |
| 21 April | PEACE WITH YOURSELF Jesus loves you enough to die for you. But how do you feel about you? | Galatians 5:1-12 | Jeremiah Ambrose |
| 28 April | PEACE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS How to manage tension and conflict with the people we love | Romans 12:17-21 | Matt Henderson |
| 5 May | PEACE IN THE CHURCH How to manage tension and conflict lovingly in a church community | Ephesians 4:1-6 | Stephen Baxter |
| 12 May | PEACE IN OUR WORLD How to work toward peace in the world around us as ambassadors for the Kingdom | Romans 12:1; 8;18-21; 24-25; 28; Matthew 5:9 | Kelvin Smith |
| 19 May | BEING A PEACEMAKER – How to be a person of peace | James 3:13-18 | Stephen Baxter |