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In every scenario, I follow the teaching and example of Jesus and the apostles. btw, welcome to the forum.

Jesus and the apostles didn’t. Yes. No. Jesus and the apostles are human, have empathy, and aren’t selfish. Jesus and the apostles acted against evil.

It’s always wrong for a follower of Jesus to go against Jesus and the apostles. The problem is that the church got caught up in politics. That’s what I’m writing against.

@Riven think hard on this with me: It is sin not to love your enemies. Is the statement true or false? If it is true, why is it true? If it is false, why is it false?

@Riven this is a crucifix. I’m sure you must have seen one some where along the way in your life. They are common in Catholic homes; uncommon in Protestant homes. Have you spent time looking intently at a crucifix? They’re not as obscene as the actual event they portray. They’re sanitized...

What does loving your enemy sound like? It sounds like Jesus.

You’re not thinking like Jesus and the apostles. You’re not acting like Jesus and the apostles. Jesus has not called upon any nation of the world to become a nation of pacifists. Neither did the apostles. Neither do I.

What does loving your enemy look like? It looks like Jesus.

Jesus is the good man and his disciples are to be like him. Christians shouldn’t have an issue with that statement. If someone does, we’ll have to come back and start here. Killing our enemies is not being like Jesus. This shouldn’t be hard for Christians to see, and I don’t believe that it is...

* On the one hand, books. On the other hand, chaos. I want books and order, but I could make it work. *

Killing your enemies is a dark theme.

Well, I’ll try to keep it pithy. The Reader’s Digest version: My paternal grandparents had an only child. They wanted him to become a Baptist preacher. He wanted no part of that and lived a life that proved it. He liked to tell his friends that he ruled his house “like a Russian Field Marshal.”...