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Discernment and Context. Because spiritual war is the primary war, the context of not resisting an evil person is the danger to you in being tempted by the evil person to do evil yourself. The analogy I use is a sail; don’t let the evil be like wind in your sail taking you where you don‘t want...

the king of Heaven just wants us to have dust collectors? LOL

Proverbs 22:3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. No need to make this personal. 100% wrong. When seconds count, the police are minutes away. I agree with layers of defense, including lethal and non-lethal force. Recently got me, my...

We’re on the same page. I agree and often think about the young lady first killed at a school massacre. (I’m not sure if this story is from Columbine, but I believe so.) Anyway, as the story goes, the killer approached her first and gave her a choice: die or deny Christ. She choose martyrdom...

In the book of Acts - it never happened on a Tuesday. You got me there. Also, things may have occurred during the time of Acts that are not recorded. Once one accepts DEFENSE is morally justified, the means and ways of achieving it become secondary. Does the Armor of God contain weapons? Well...

It is. Again, Matthew 10:28.

I believe you are in denial of the destructive implications of 2 Peter 3:9; God may not want anyone to perish but they will perish at his hand for NOT coming to repentance. Otherwise, universalism is correct doctrine.

apocalyptic symbolism? It’s not literally Second Death? Matthew 10:28

Does there have to be a command in addition to buying a sword and the implications of that?

Address my point about tooth brushes. Where do we even read of such an entity as a "tooth brush" in the Bible? Yet, most Christian’s brush their teeth. Taking Scripture out of context, refusing to apply principles to today’s issues is what you’re doing, as well as ignoring 2 Corinthians 3:17...

Again, the purpose Jesus told his disciples to be armed was NOT to stop Jesus completing his work on the cross. @MatthewG, I’m interested in your lack of response to God’s ultimate solution to the problem of evil - violently annihilating all evil people who don’t believe, even resurrecting...

No one said the swords were to use against the Roman soldiers attempting to arrest Jesus. Not sure how you allocate buying sword fully for prophecy sake. Jesus telling the disciples to buy a sword implies using violence as necessary. Why would anyone tell someone to arm themselves? It’s not a...

Never have I heard that the truth is what blasphemy hinges on. By definition, blasphemy is accusing a character of God. For instance, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is asserting a negative attribute the God’s Spirit. Saying God is love is claiming a character of God but is not claiming a...

Again, that’s a Strawman. Fact is, Jesus told his followers to arm themselves. That implies using physical violence as needed. And then there is Revelation, where Jesus kills more people than ever in history by violently throwing people into the Lake of Fire.

Tuesday is an example of an unnecessary qualifier designed to create a Strawman. The Bible is filled with violence and even God commanding it. Because that doesn’t support your position, you invoke only a portion of the Bible that doesn’t support your opponents position. That is, NT text only...

You’re taking God’s word out of context. No one is denying there is a spiritual warfare. The overly-spiritualized deny there is a need to defend Christian nations with guns. The Bible doesn’t say we fight against tooth decay. Yet, most Christians today brush their teeth. The Bible contains...

This is my favorite post of yours.

Nicely put.

On a Tuesday … what a Strawman attempt to deny the violent history of the Bible.

No, we are in a war that is fought with guns AND one that isn’t.