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When does the opportunity to present the gospel to unbelievers occur? When the unbeliever, the enemy, is in the presence of the follower of Jesus. The crusader kills the enemy. The follower of Jesus blesses the enemy. Romans 5:10

There is no except. Jesus and the apostles weren’t “armed, ready to kill.” The choice: Follow them or follow the crusaders.

“The more you meditate on your problems, the bigger and more insurmountable they seem to be. But meditating on God in the midst of your trouble reminds you that He is infinitely greater than any problem you could ever experience!” - Paul David Tripp

“Every time I give last rights to a World War II Vet, I assume it’s going to be my last time doing so. When I was a young priest, it was much more common but onviously these men are few in number. Particularly for men who fought in the Pacific campaign, a lot comes to the forefront as death...

Will you be as wise as a serpent and as harmless as a dove on the next crusade?, Crusader recruiter. Why do I ask? Because you were neither of those in the crusades of the past.

“I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves.“ (Matthew 10:16, CEV) The lamb of God sending his lambs, his followers, into a pack of wolves. Harmless as doves. What happened to the Lamb of God when he was sent into a pack of wolves? What happened to the lambs of God, the apostles...

A legitimate objection might be lodged against my comment that “AI doesn't know of any.” AI is rapidly gathering new information. How long has it been since I checked? Isn’t it possible that AI knows now what it didn’t know then about the matter? I just ran a query, asking the following...

Is there any member of the forum who was told by their pastor that in order to become a follower of Jesus he or she must be “armed, ready to kill”? If so, I would like to hear from you. If you will provide contact information for the pastor who told you that, I’ll use the information to speak...

What they showed is that they did not / are not following the teaching of Jesus and the apostles in regard to how to respond to enemies. It’s the small number of Christians who have responded to their enemies the way Jesus and the apostles taught and did. Jesus did not instruct every follower...

“Better to miss 100 meals than miss your daily reading of the Bible.” - Ray Comfort I don’t know about you, but that makes me hungry. Have you fed on your daily Bible reading today?

He has written about visiting Christian outreach programs for the homeless. He hasn’t gotten on well with them in the past but that could change. I hope it does. ”Talking to people for God is a great thing, but talking to God for people is even greater.” - E.M. Bounds We can’t speak with 2bme...

“You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” This isn’t and never has been a requirement for being a follower of Jesus. It has serious spiritual implications that, for whatever reason, the one teaching it isn’t telling you about. “For many veterans who have been forced to...