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“I will preach to you God’s truth, whether it offends or pleases.” - C.H. Spurgeon

“Truth spoken by God cannot change any more than the God who uttered it can change.” - C.H. Spurgeon

“I hope, then, to prove that, from the very beginning and throughout the first three centuries of the primitive Church, its teaching - not just the fancy of a few individuals - was constantly and rigorously opposed to Christian participation in military service. I hope also to prove that this...

“4. It is obvious that the early Christians stubbornly rejected idolatry. Since the writing of the Book of Daniel (if not before then), believers have recognized that this has been the underlying reality which has compelled them to offer resistance to the state. Thus, from the apostles facing...

“3. It is true that the actual behavior of the believers often contradicted the attitude affirmed by Christian thinkers. But this, alas, is hardly a unique phenomenon. Repeatedly throughout church history the same tension recurs - between the absolute demands of Christian preaching and the...

“2. To allege that Christian antimilitarism must have been a late development because prior to the third century there is hardly any evidence of it is almost to lie through omission. For to do so is to ignore the fact that during the first two centuries of the Christian era there was scarcely...

“In this book I attempt to refute these four assertions and to demonstrate that: 1. If there is relatively little surviving evidence of the Christians of the early centuries refusing military service, there is far less evidence of their accepting it - except at a later period. Therefore it is...

Excellent. That is the book above all others. It should be read daily, first and foremost. (See my thread, Bible reading plans) I don’t agree with that. Read widely, deeply, thoughtfully, and critically.

“[Tyler] Jagt, in his piece in the Chronicle, cited three main problems contributing to the situation: the ramifications of smart phones, AI, and common core.” https://www.thecollegefix.com/english-professor-warns-todays-students-cannot-read-or-focus-on-lengthy-assignments/ I read and do what...

I’m currently re-reading It Is Not Lawful For Me To Fight: Early Christian Attitudes Toward War, Violence, and the State, Revised Edition, written by Jean-Michel Hornus. I’ll be quoting from his book from time to time in this thread as I read through it again. *** “No one really disputes that...

“I have striven painfully to incarnate peace in the midst of a world at war.” - Jean-Michel Hornus

I’m currently re-reading It Is Not Lawful For Me To Fight: Early Christian Attitudes Toward War, Violence, and the State, Revised Edition, written by Jean-Michel Hornus

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