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This is long. I’ll break it into two parts. ”The concept of preserving one’s own life, and especially the lives of our families, by preemptively killing a violent oppressor is commonly held today. In fact, any other reaction aside from preemptive killing one’s mortal enemies is considered...

From some online reading I’ve done today - “Writing in his great defense of Christianity, Against Celsus (c. 248 AD), Origen declared that Christians ‘no longer take up the sword against nation, nor do we learn war anymore’ - a deliberate echo of Isaiah 2:4 - because they had become ‘sons of...

Two were enough for the entire group of disciples. Remember? The purpose for them being armed was fully accomplished that evening. Right? And then Jesus gave them further instruction about the sword. The early church understood this.

No retraction. No apology. No (hoped for) surprise. Although I don’t agree with everything Spurgeon said, he nevertheless played a substantial role in the formation of my Christian identity - an identity which I voluntarily laid aside (temporarily, and only on this platform) as a gesture of...

Another recommendation for my readers: Philip Schaff's, History of the Christian Church. I haven’t read all eight volumes - my interest and attention being primarily occupied with and focused on the first four centuries - but I have read much of this work. It occupies a place of prominence in...

At a minimum, read these … … and we’ll be “armed, ready to discuss” very early Christian history.

* This one caused me to think about you @Riven. *

I’ve posted a link to this article before. https://philosophynow.org/issues/105/Pacifism_Is_Not_Passivism Giving @Wrangler the benefit of the doubt, he doesn’t understand the concept of pacifism, as he demonstrated once again in post #2006. He’s not alone, but it doesn’t have to be that way...

You’ve completely mischaracterized followers of Jesus who obey his teaching concerning how to treat our enemies.

No weapon of the world is needed for a follower of Jesus to do justice. Christian history proves it.

“Some Christians spend more time defending their political tribe than proclaiming the Gospel. That should alarm us. Christ did not command us to make disciples of a party. He commanded us to make disciples of the nations.” - Scott Roberts

I woke up this morning with “suffering” on my mind. You mentioned on Saturday past that Spurgeon is one of your favorite Christian authors. “Men will never become great in theology until they become great in suffering. Said Luther, ‘Affliction is the best book in my library.’” - C.H. Spurgeon...

I think Friel is right about these kinds of stories. What about you?

From my X / Twitter “Following” feed this evening - https://x.com/drfrankturek/status/2053965875364118694?s=61 ”Jesus was no warlord. Muhammad, of course, was.” @Wrangler you expressed enthusiasm for warmongers / warmongering in this thread. What is the difference, if any, in your mind...