Jesse Nickel
@jesse-p-nickel.bsky.social
jessenickel.com | Author of A Revolutionary Jesus | Biblical Studies Faculty at Columbia Bible College | PhD University of St Andrews
Jesus's nonviolence was, for many, surprising—often disappointingly so. It challenged expectations and raised questions about his legitimacy.
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Jesus's nonviolence was, for many, surprising—often disappointingly so. It challenged expectations and raised questions about his legitimacy.
Violence and power were inextricable from one another in the first-century world dominated by the Roman Empire. Violence and hope were interwoven with one another in the minds of many who longed for God's deliverance.
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Violence and power were inextricable from one another in the first-century world dominated by the Roman Empire. Violence and hope were interwoven with one another in the minds of many who longed for God's deliverance.
“Love is God’s character, but God’s robust multidimensional peace is God’s cosmic and personal mission.”
Love this from Ken Esau at the MB Equip Conference.
#equip2025
Love this from Ken Esau at the MB Equip Conference.
#equip2025
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Love is God’s character, but God’s robust multidimensional peace is God’s cosmic and personal mission.”
Love this from Ken Esau at the MB Equip Conference.
#equip2025
Love this from Ken Esau at the MB Equip Conference.
#equip2025
Jesus-centred nonviolence and peacemaking is not one-size-fits-all; it requires creativity, and its embodiment is situational. We must fix our eyes on Jesus, “the pioneer and perfecter of faith,” and—by God’s grace and the wisdom of the Spirit—practice embodied allegiance.
#ARevolutionaryJesus
#ARevolutionaryJesus
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jesus-centred nonviolence and peacemaking is not one-size-fits-all; it requires creativity, and its embodiment is situational. We must fix our eyes on Jesus, “the pioneer and perfecter of faith,” and—by God’s grace and the wisdom of the Spirit—practice embodied allegiance.
#ARevolutionaryJesus
#ARevolutionaryJesus
I am thrilled to announce that my new website is officially live!
At jessenickel.com you can find out more about me, my research, and my writing; or check out podcasts I’ve been on or a handful of the many sermons I’ve given.
At jessenickel.com you can find out more about me, my research, and my writing; or check out podcasts I’ve been on or a handful of the many sermons I’ve given.
Jesse P. Nickel, PhD | Author of A Revolutionary Jesus
Dr. Jesse Nickel is a biblical studies professor and the author of A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God.
jessenickel.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I am thrilled to announce that my new website is officially live!
At jessenickel.com you can find out more about me, my research, and my writing; or check out podcasts I’ve been on or a handful of the many sermons I’ve given.
At jessenickel.com you can find out more about me, my research, and my writing; or check out podcasts I’ve been on or a handful of the many sermons I’ve given.
Violence and death are among the “powers and authorities” that God “triumphed over” on the cross of Jesus (Col. 2:13–15). The damage they continue to do, the impact these demonic powers have on people, must not set the terms of Christian engagement with the world. Jesus does.
#ARevolutionaryJesus
#ARevolutionaryJesus
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Violence and death are among the “powers and authorities” that God “triumphed over” on the cross of Jesus (Col. 2:13–15). The damage they continue to do, the impact these demonic powers have on people, must not set the terms of Christian engagement with the world. Jesus does.
#ARevolutionaryJesus
#ARevolutionaryJesus
If Jesus is truly Lord, and therefore is owed my allegiance; if Jesus’s word is truth, and therefore is owed my obedience; if Jesus is the author and perfecter of faith, and therefore is owed my imitation, then quite literally everything else must be secondary.
#ARevolutionaryJesus
#ARevolutionaryJesus
October 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If Jesus is truly Lord, and therefore is owed my allegiance; if Jesus’s word is truth, and therefore is owed my obedience; if Jesus is the author and perfecter of faith, and therefore is owed my imitation, then quite literally everything else must be secondary.
#ARevolutionaryJesus
#ARevolutionaryJesus
Violence is antithetical to the identity and mission of Christians as they follow, obey, serve, and worship Jesus their Lord, the Prince of Peace.
September 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Violence is antithetical to the identity and mission of Christians as they follow, obey, serve, and worship Jesus their Lord, the Prince of Peace.
Happy anniversary!!! 🎉🥳🍾
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Happy anniversary!!! 🎉🥳🍾
I really enjoyed this conversation about the challenge and hope of following Jesus’s call to be peacemakers. I’m grateful for every chance I have to talk about this topic, especially as violence continues to wreak its destructive, evil work all around us. The world needs the shalom-peace of Jesus!
September 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I really enjoyed this conversation about the challenge and hope of following Jesus’s call to be peacemakers. I’m grateful for every chance I have to talk about this topic, especially as violence continues to wreak its destructive, evil work all around us. The world needs the shalom-peace of Jesus!
Refugees coming to Canada have lost so much.
"There's a lot in our heads: missing families, leaving everything behind, knowing that you left your beautiful home… and now you're here, you're back to zero. You have to heal from that." - New Hope Resident
"There's a lot in our heads: missing families, leaving everything behind, knowing that you left your beautiful home… and now you're here, you're back to zero. You have to heal from that." - New Hope Resident
Jesse is Running for Hope!
On September 20th, I will be participating in Hope in Motion to raise funds for New Hope Community Services.
New Hope provides transitional housing for refugee families for their first 18 months in Ca...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Refugees coming to Canada have lost so much.
"There's a lot in our heads: missing families, leaving everything behind, knowing that you left your beautiful home… and now you're here, you're back to zero. You have to heal from that." - New Hope Resident
"There's a lot in our heads: missing families, leaving everything behind, knowing that you left your beautiful home… and now you're here, you're back to zero. You have to heal from that." - New Hope Resident
I had the great pleasure of talking about the importance of following Jesus’s call to be peacemakers in our contemporary context with Gary Alan Taylor on the Holy Heretics Podcast.
It was a great conversation. Have a listen! www.sophiasociety.org/podcast/the-...
It was a great conversation. Have a listen! www.sophiasociety.org/podcast/the-...
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I had the great pleasure of talking about the importance of following Jesus’s call to be peacemakers in our contemporary context with Gary Alan Taylor on the Holy Heretics Podcast.
It was a great conversation. Have a listen! www.sophiasociety.org/podcast/the-...
It was a great conversation. Have a listen! www.sophiasociety.org/podcast/the-...
Look what arrived! I’m so glad to see this amazing project come to fruition, and so grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute. A great way to begin celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement. Thanks Mennomedia!
December 29, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Look what arrived! I’m so glad to see this amazing project come to fruition, and so grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute. A great way to begin celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement. Thanks Mennomedia!
Over the past month I’ve had the great pleasure and privilege of talking with some wonderful, engaging, brilliant people about my book, A Revolutionary Jesus. I am grateful for every chance I get to have a conversation about Jesus’s rejection of violence (1/)
November 25, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Over the past month I’ve had the great pleasure and privilege of talking with some wonderful, engaging, brilliant people about my book, A Revolutionary Jesus. I am grateful for every chance I get to have a conversation about Jesus’s rejection of violence (1/)
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
It was such a pleasure to be able to celebrate with my friend and former colleague, Gareth Brandt, the launch of his wonderful book commemorating the upcoming 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, and the opening of his exhibit at the Mennonite Heritage Museum.
November 23, 2024 at 12:34 AM
It was such a pleasure to be able to celebrate with my friend and former colleague, Gareth Brandt, the launch of his wonderful book commemorating the upcoming 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, and the opening of his exhibit at the Mennonite Heritage Museum.
Aaaaaaand there’s that old familiar feeling: SBL FOMO 😥😥😥
November 22, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Aaaaaaand there’s that old familiar feeling: SBL FOMO 😥😥😥
I had the great pleasure of talking all things Jesus, violence, and peace with The Two Cities team! It was an engaging and enjoyable conversation. Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts!
www.thetwocities.com/biblical-stu...
www.thetwocities.com/biblical-stu...
A Revolutionary Jesus with Dr. Jesse Nickel (Podcast)
In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Jesse Nickel, who is a member of the Faculty of Biblical Studies at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, British Columbia and the author of the new book, A Revo…
www.thetwocities.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:10 AM
I had the great pleasure of talking all things Jesus, violence, and peace with The Two Cities team! It was an engaging and enjoyable conversation. Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts!
www.thetwocities.com/biblical-stu...
www.thetwocities.com/biblical-stu...
Peace is not “a preference for Christians,” but “the necessity, the prophetic burden.”
(Scot McKnight, The Bible is Not Enough, p. 6)
(Scot McKnight, The Bible is Not Enough, p. 6)
November 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Peace is not “a preference for Christians,” but “the necessity, the prophetic burden.”
(Scot McKnight, The Bible is Not Enough, p. 6)
(Scot McKnight, The Bible is Not Enough, p. 6)
Hello to friends new and old! Excited to be in this new space and fresh opportunities to listen, learn, and share.
If you want to learn a bit about some of the things I care most about and work on, check out this episode of the Regent College Podcast! www.buzzsprout.com/1627978/epis...
If you want to learn a bit about some of the things I care most about and work on, check out this episode of the Regent College Podcast! www.buzzsprout.com/1627978/epis...
Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God with Dr. Jesse Nickel - Regent College Podcast
In this episode, Dr. Jesse Nickel discusses his latest book, A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God, which examines Jesus's perspective on violence and its implications ...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Hello to friends new and old! Excited to be in this new space and fresh opportunities to listen, learn, and share.
If you want to learn a bit about some of the things I care most about and work on, check out this episode of the Regent College Podcast! www.buzzsprout.com/1627978/epis...
If you want to learn a bit about some of the things I care most about and work on, check out this episode of the Regent College Podcast! www.buzzsprout.com/1627978/epis...