Ep. 1025: Should We Be Peacemakers?

The world is not a peaceful place.  It seems to have become especially hostile in the arena of thoughts and perspectives.  For some reason we can no longer tolerate a dissenting opinion – rather than respectfully listening to disagreement, we instead resoundingly lash out with personal attacks, sarcasm and a self-righteous indignation.  Pretty sad, huh?  Even we as Christians are guilty of this – even in light of Jesus teaching us thatpeacemakers are blessed!  So, what does it mean to be a peacemaker?  Is it different than being a peacekeeper?  How far are we supposed to be reaching out to make peace and does it ever involve compromising our Christian principles to do so?