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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.”...

@Riven the story of how I became a theological engineer has a point related to our conversation -> I was innocent and helpless, a sheep led to the slaughter, but was able to defend myself without resorting to violence. I’ll go to the grave believing that God and Messiah had my back. What those...

“Every time we forgive, we set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was us.” - Henri Nouwen

“Brethren, some of us have lived in warfare so long, that we should be half afraid if we were long free from assault. We have been called pretty nearly every name now; and if there remain any other forms of abuse, we are waiting for their filthiness to be poured on our head. Yet our slanderers...

@Riven have you ever watched the old Western TV Series Have Gun - Will Travel? The lead character (played by Richard Boone) is a sophisticated gunman for hire. His business card appears early in every episode - - accompanied with a short burst of dramatic music. (Always the same.) I...

Okay. Thanks. Now my turn. Because that’s how personal relationships are formed and forged. You probably aren’t going to believe this but I’m an introvert. (Many engineers are.) I don’t like talking about myself. It’s hard for me to do.

I’ve explained several times why I don’t accept or communicate with members - other than moderators and admin - by pm. It’s nothing personal. I learned a lesson the hard way, on another forum, many years ago. Not that it will likely matter to you, but I discussed it with the ministerial Board...