Following Jesus today in the land of nuclear weapons, rampant racism, and widespread economic injustice means actively going against our culture of violence. . . . Discipleship to Jesus, according to the gospel, requires that we love our enemies, demand justice for the poor, seek liberation of the oppressed, visit the sick and the imprisoned, topple the idols of death, resist militarism, reject consumerism, dismantle racism, create community, beat swords into plowshares, and worship the God of peace. If we try to engage in these social practices, we will feel the sting of discipleship and the gospel will come alive.
— John Dear, Jesus the Rebel