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“Imagine Christians in one country believing it was their biblical duty to fight in a war against Christians of another country. And imagine that those on both sides of the war believed God wanted them to kill Christians on the other side of the conflict and backed this up with Scripture? That’s...

(“The Spirit of Wisdom” sketch by Edmund J. Sullivan)

“Lock your phone, unlock a book.” - anonymous

“It is often better to be silent than to talk to the wrong listener.” - Franz Kafka

“A home library is a quiet gift to yourself.” - Haruki Murakami

I don’t trust AI but I just used it to ask: “Is there any church in the world that teaches “You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill?” AI replied: “Based on current search results, there is no major, mainstream church denomination in the world that officially teaches ‘You...

The linked Lifeway research survey is getting a little long in the tooth now but it reveals that in 2020 many pastors and their congregations had never heard of the “You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill” teaching. They stand falsely accused of not following Jesus by the...

I’ve taught Christian Apologetics courses in Bible colleges on two continents (North America and Africa).

“I can’t say it anymore plainly than this: Violence is not a Christian value!” (Paul R. Graves) https://um-insight.net/perspectives/is-violence-a-christian-value-no/ If what the pastor said is true, then what’s that in your hand, Crusader? Violence is a Christian value in the mind of the...

“There is no excuse for singing doctrinal error no matter how attractive the tune may be.” - Joel Beeke

Easy to remember and wide applicability: Do it the way Jesus and the apostles taught it and modeled it.

Yes.

“My own posture is one of pacifism, and here is the logic that I find compelling: I cannot kill a non-Christian, for whom Christ died and to whom I am called to preach the gospel, for the state; that would be rendering to Caesar what is God’s and deconstruct the kingdom mission. I cannot kill...

“A good book is an event in my life.” - Marie-Henri Boyle (aka Stendhal)

I don’t know who you are posting to but I don’t hate the Muslims. Even those who are falsely accusing me of being a Muslim apologist should agree with me about that. It’s not a laughing matter. Those who don’t need to repent. “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Again, I...

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this afternoon - “Sixth-century copy of the Letters of St. Paul recovered” (James F. McGrath) https://x.com/religionprof/status/2048658436569645121?s=46&t=T64e94h2unfHH-VO4i01zA From the link - “A team of researchers has recovered 42 previously unknown...