Following Jesus isn't just about what we believe. It's about how we think, what we say, and how we treat the people around us.
It's easy to say we follow Jesus. The harder question is whether people can see that in the way we live.
Cross Culture is a place to think honestly about Scripture and what it means for our everyday choices: how we respond when we're offended, how we handle disagreement, and how we love people who see the world differently.
Not from a place of having it all figured out. From a desire to keep becoming more like Christ.
Real-life questions. Biblical perspective. A conversation worth having.
When someone insults or mistreats us, our instinct is often to retaliate. In Matthew 5, Jesus challenges that instinct and calls us to respond differently.
Read: Matthew 5:38–42 · Explore: Nonretaliation, mercy, responding to mistreatment
Also available on Instagram ↗What does it look like to refuse to return hatred when someone mistreats you?
Start with a question. Open the passage. Think about what changes in real life.
Matthew 5:43–48 · How do we respond when someone hurts us?
Matthew 5:38–42 · Watch the featured video on responding without retaliation.
Romans 14 · How do we treat people whose convictions differ?
Luke 6:43–45 · What do our words reveal about us?
1 John 3:16–18 · What does love require beyond words?
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These are starting points for reflection. The Turning the Other Cheek topic links to our first featured video. More videos and topic pages are coming.
Cross Culture is a Bible-based video project about the difference Jesus calls us to make in the world around us.
It's not about winning arguments or pretending to have all the answers. It's about taking Scripture seriously and letting it challenge our attitudes, motives, words, and actions—starting with our own.
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