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Scripture doesn’t contradict scripture.

It isn’t the role of state government to evangelize Muslims. Paul didn’t know anything at all about Islam or Muslims, but he knew about the role of national government and the role of the followers of Jesus. He neither confused the roles nor mixed them. “Different individuals will give you a...

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this morning - “SBC Megachurch plays George Thorogood’s ‘Bad To The Bone’ for a mid-church service interlude, to help make their Father’s Day church weekend a ‘testosterone packed service.’” https://x.com/protestia/status/2069407591910846833?s=61 I don’t...

“A Latin scholar in Germany recently discovered two lost sermons written by fourth-century church father Augustine of Hippo about the mysterious Witch of Endor from 1 Samuel 28. …” https://www.christianpost.com/news/2-lost-sermons-by-st-augustine-about-witch-of-endor-discovered.html

https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/615521-mixed-reactions-nairobi-man-attempts-73-hour-book-reading-challenge/

Jesus’ command to his followers to love our enemies does not restrain government from protecting their own people.

“When pain comes, what sustains our heart is not understanding everything that God does, but remembering who He is: Sovereign in His power, perfect in His love, and wise in everything that He allows.” - Jerry Bridges

“If you do not love the Bible, you certainly do not love the God who gave it to us.” - C.H. Spurgeon A word of encouragement for the weary soul. Spend time daily reading the Bible, given to us out of love by the God of Israel. Doing so is a way of demonstrating your love of our heavenly Father.

That’s a solid Christian response to the false teaching I quoted.

I answered the question I asked. Did the apostles defend themselves against evil? If so - I maintain that they did - how did they do it?

See the history of the early church. Victory to the followers of Jesus is guaranteed in scripture. Believing and following the teaching and practice of Jesus and the apostles is the Christian‘s pathway to victory.

“Sin is lawlessness.” (1 John 3:4) “We do not use the weapons of the world.” (2 Corinthians 10:4) The followers of Jesus and the apostles do not support lawlessness and do not use the weapons of the world. It is the God-given role and responsibility of world governments, not the followers...

I fault Job only where God himself faults Job. Lawlessness is never a good thing in the Bible. I utterly and unequivocally condemn lawlessness. You‘re free to believe that my statement confirms your belief that I support it, though I don’t have any idea how you arrive at that conclusion...

Okay, but I’m adamantly opposed to lawlessness.

What part of the church is a bunch of murderous thugs? You’ve already made that abundantly clear. I don’t dispute that that is what you believe.

I am. I’m backing up with my question to the time of Jesus. Tiberius was the Roman Emperor in the days of his ministry. Did Jesus defend himself against evil?

Thanks. I’ll go slower. Did Jesus defend himself against evil?

So then a mixed review of Constantine. I can agree with you about that. History bears that out. Evil has been “on its way” since the Garden of Eden. Look out! indeed. Evil always comes for good. It always will until there is no evil no more. Did Jesus, the apostles, the Christians living in...

“Constantine is one of my favorite people.” - @rockytopva Let’s set Nero off to the side - we can’t completely ignore him though - and go to Constantine. (Substituting an emperor who is one of your favorite people for an emperor whom I can’t even imagine you thinking is one of your favorite...