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@Riven God and his Son consider me, a follower of Jesus, to be a good man. My enemies consider me to be a bad man. I’m imitating Jesus and my enemies seek to harm me, just as they sought to harm him. His enemies said Jesus is a bad man. His enemies say his followers are bad men. That’s part of...

@Riven I was reading John 11 before going to bed last night. Another example of the pattern. It’s the story of Lazarus, and the enemy of the family member this time is death. ”Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed...

“We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather, we should ask, ‘What has happened to the salt and light?’” - John Stott

Proposition: Killing our enemies guts the heart of the gospel. AI Overview - “That statement aligns directly with the core ethical teachings of Jesus Christ, who explicitly commanded his followers to love and pray for their enemies rather than destroy them. The central message of the New...

“You aren’t following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” @Riven this teaching doesn’t come to us from Jesus and the apostles. You won’t find it taught at any church you’ve ever heard of. It comes to us from the evil one. Do you see how the false teaching is incompatible with and...

@Riven another book recommendation for you. Remember, Bible first and foremost. However, also reading about Christian martyrs would be enormously beneficial to you.

@Riven what do you see? That’s not a drawing depicting the defeat of Christians. That’s a drawing depicting the victory of Christians. God is glorified by the obedience of his sons and daughters. Killing their enemy wouldn’t have brought glory to God. Overcoming their enemy by not killing...

@Riven take a minute to look at the Tertullian quote with me again. “The oftener we are mowed down by you …” Who is the “you” whom Tertullian was addressing? The Roman Emperor -> Septimus Severus. What is the significance of that? Romans 13:4. Septimus Severus - > “minister of God”...

The question has been raised: Would you use lethal force to protect your family? The followers of Jesus are his family. I wouldn’t use lethal force to protect my family and Jesus didn’t use lethal force to protect his family. You know what has been said about me. Why hasn’t what has been said...

@Riven I would like for you to watch this 3 minute clip and tell me what you think about it.

You say that Christians killing fellow Christians is regrettable. I think it is far more than that, but the question is this: What does Jesus think about his followers killing one another? Does he think it’s regrettable? Does he think it is more than that? A secondary question: What does Satan...

This is an important issue to me. Beneath the mushroom cloud Christians and non-Christians are wounded,dead, dying. Above the mushroom cloud Christians and non-Christians are pondering what they have done. some have regrets, some don’t. There was an enormous amount if suffering. Was Jesus...