Sunday, November 13, 2016

Peacemaker, not Appeaser

 “These easy-going, peace at any price people are often lacking in a sense of justice and righteousness; they do not stand where they should stand; they are flabby.  They appear to be nice; but if the whole world were run on such principles and by such people it would be even worse than it is today.  So I would add that your true peacemaker is not an “appeaser”, as we say today.  You can postpone war by appeasement; but it generally means that you are doing something that is unjust and unrighteous in order to avoid war.  The mere avoidance of war does not make peace; it does not solve the problem.

 M.D. Lloyd-Jones

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