In his book Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer, Peterson asserts: "God is the primary subject in the Psalms, but evil is established in solid second place. . . . Our hate needs to be prayed, not suppressed. . . . We need to grapple with evil. . . . hate is frequently the human experience that brings us to our feet praying for justice."
"We are easily duped by evil. Evil almost never looks like an enemy in its present forms."
"But we must not imagine that loving and praying for our enemies in love is a strategy that will turn them into good friends. Love often acts as a goad to redoubled fury. . . . the enemies want power and control and dominion. The enemies that Jesus loved and prayed for killed him."
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