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”We don’t use the weapons of the world.” - Jesus

Jesus and the apostles didn’t kill for the state. The church up until the time of Constantine didn’t kill for the state. They didn’t kill. Followers of Jesus killing followers of Jesus. I advise my readers to start there. If we can’t clear that low bar ...

Thanks. What I’m trying to do is persuade people that followers of Jesus shouldn’t kill followers of Jesus, nor non-followers of Jesus. That doing so is contrary to the teaching, preaching, and example of Jesus and the apostles. Muslim. Put away your sword. Christian. Put away your sword.

Do you believe I’m an apologist for Islam? Do you believe I hate Christians?

I believe it has been alive since the foundation of the church.

Thank you. @Wrangler has said that Spurgeon, a Baptist preacher - known in his day as the “Prince of Preachers” - is one of his favorite Christian authors. Spurgeon held my position: the followers of Jesus must not kill our enemies. I was raised Baptist. Spurgeon, played an important part in...

Have you read Spurgeon?

No. Have you read C.H. Spurgeon?

Compare and contrast that fruit with the fruit of our enemies. Believe and remember this: The enemies of the gospel are the mission field. Treat them that way.

If we don’t believe that it is true, if we don’t teach that it is true, if we don’t preach that it is true, if we don’t model it is true, then we aren’t evangelizing Muslims. This thread is about the Crusades, not about the religion of peace. Evil comes for the religion of peace. Followers of...

Matthias -> “rabbi with no knife,“ armed only with the full armor of God.

The writings of the Ante Nicene Church Fathers. They serve as a powerful witness against you. They weren’t Islamic apologists. Neither am I.

What the Jewish Rabbi would do for the torah of Moses in the movie, the follower of Jesus must be prepared to do in real life - if it comes to it - for the torah of Messiah. The apostles did. The earliest followers of Jesus did. With God’s help, I will do. Note that what the chief called...

Crusades began with returning violence for violence; with treating the enemy not as you would have the enemy treat you, but rather, treating the enemy the way that the enemy treats you. The teaching of Jesus abandoned when evil brushes the teaching aside. The followers of Jesus must not become...

“I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.” (Psalm 120:7) The worst they can do is persecute, torture and kill me. The least and best I can do is remain faithful to the teaching and example of Jesus and the apostles; no matter what others think about me, say about me, or do to me...

A significant part of my ministry is speaking with “Islamic sympathizers and Christian haters” about the Messiah’s gospel of peace. That’s evangelism, and the point of it is to make disciples for him from the ranks of his enemies.

It made me wholly unreceptive to their evangelism; but I can work with it, use it to my advantage, to evangelize the Muslim evangelizers.

We followers of Jesus do not use the weapons of the world. We use the full armor of God. That’s how we put up a fight. That’s how we take on Muhammad / Islam.

“The way to beat Caesar is to beat him at his own game.” That’s the way of unbelieving Jews and pagans. That’s not the way of Jesus and the apostles. “The way to beat Muhammad is to beat him at his own game.” No it isn’t. Only a change of heart beats Muhammad, and that’s what teaching...

He didn’t understand why Jesus told them to get swords. He did after Jesus rebuked him. How do we know this is true? Simple. We read what Peter says about how to treat our enemies. Where in the New Testament are Jesus and the apostles found killing their enemies? Nowhere. That would be failure...