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So, what happened to Hubmaier? I pick up his story here. ”After escaping the torturous punishment of Protestant reformer Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich, Hubmaier was invited to pastor a Baptist church in Nikolsburg, Moravia (modern-day Mikulov, Czech Republic. Within fourteen months of his arrival...

“As persecution of Anabaptists increased, many of the radicals fled to safer arenas in southern Germany and Austria. But due to the leadership of Luther in Germany and Catholic Charles V in the Holy Roman Empire itself, the future was not any brighter in these locations for these brave...

“As the hammer that nailed those Theses has continually reverberated through the pages of Christian history, a quiet pen that beckoned an ecclesiastical revolution has gone unnoticed by the vast majority of those who fondly study the past. Yet, it can be argued convincingly that the pen of...

I affirm it in both theory and practice.

“The entire Christian story is the answer to the problem of evil. Everybody’s dealing with the problem of evil, but only Christianity answers it. That’s what Christianity is.” (Frank Turek) https://x.com/drfrankturek/status/2052516325499773009?s=61 He’s right. However, history has shown that...

“Humility, gratitude, dependence on Christ, contrition - these are the characteristic attitudes of the truly converted.“ - D.A. Carson

I both confirm and affirm “the vital role violence plays in God’s plan to rid the world of evil, once and for all.” You know that. You’ve even told others that I do. Confirmation and affirmation aren’t denial.

I invite you to see my thread titled, “Bible reading plans”. I encourage you, as I encourage everyone, to read the Bible, to read the Ante Nicene Church Fathers, and to read other works on Christian / Church history. Sproul and Dr. Godfrey, as you may know, were associates in Ligonier...

“Imitate me, as I imitate Messiah.” - Paul, 1 Corinthians 11:1 ”We do not use the weapons of the world.” - Paul, 2 Corinthians 10:4 Jesus and the apostles didn’t kill their enemies. They weren’t “armed, ready to kill.” The popes and the crusaders didn’t imitate Paul as he imitated the...

Why didn’t the apostles kill their enemies? AI offered me this explanation: “The apostles did not kill their enemies because they were committed to Jesus’ teachings of non-violence, love of enemies, and voluntary suffering, as demonstrated when Jesus stopped Peter from using a sword. They...

Remember that time when Jesus, the apostles, and the disciples ran to the front lines with their swords?

I’m waiting for the Messiah to return and doing what he commissioned his followers to do in the interim -> going about the business of making his enemies his disciples. Read and meditate on what Dr. Godfrey wrote.

“The Crusaders were good and justified in their warmongering.” - @Wrangler (post #1631) “The Crusades implanted a violent image of Christianity” - W. Robert Godfrey @Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear you are doing great damage to the Messiah and his cause by reinforcing a violent image of...

“Amazingly, Lutherans and Roman Catholics, who slaughtered thousands of one another’s people in religious wars, found common cause in their hatred of the Free Church.” (Christian Jihad, p. 164) “A state-run church … is the antithesis of freedom.” (Ibid., p. 169) @Wrangler @Armour of God...

If you’ve read the Ante Nicene Church Fathers, then you know they rejected what you’ve accepted.

The Messiah wants them evangelized. For multiple reasons, you aren’t the man for the job.

* “Implanted a violent image of Christianity“ * “Great damage done to Christ” * “Betrayal of Christ” - Dr. Godfrey