Violence (Discovery Series Booklet)

If we don't know or care about our neighbour, it is easier to covet his house, his wife, and his possessions.

Violence isn't new. No one can deny the blood-sport of the Roman Coliseum or the inhumanity of ancient war lords.  It's difficult to understand, however, why war, terrorism, and domestic abuse are continuing to plague our "enlightened" world.  Wasn't education supposed to bring an end to our inhumanity to one another?  Wasn't the nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War supposed to shock us to our senses?  Then why are shootings, knifings, and beatings still happening?  And why does the Bible treat violence as something that only God can ultimately root out of the human heart and experience?  Dan Vander Lugt helps us to see why violence is on the rise, and what it will take for us to keep hope alive.