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Loved these, and better than some of the movies we went to see.

“If a horse or a sheep is said to belong to the Queen, everybody thinks much of it: now you are not the Queen’s, but you are the Lord’s, and that is far more.” - C.H. Spurgeon

“The Crusades failed permanently to restore Christian control of Jerusalem, but they did have many other effects. The Crusaders strengthened the power and influence of the pope over the church in Europe. They seriously weakened the Byzantine Empire, which continued to lose territory to Islam...

“In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) I argue that Jesus and Paul instruct Christians to love and bless their enemies and to unconditionally refrain from violence (e.g. Matt 5:39-45; Rom 12:14-21). Moreover, I argue that this was the prevailing attitude of Christians prior to the fourth...

“He who cannot calmly leave his affairs in God’s hand, but will carry his own burden, is very likely to be tempted to use wrong means to help himself.” - C.H. Spurgeon

I’m glad to hear you checked out the Early Christian Writings website. I’m opposed to Gnosticism and mildly surprised that you aren’t.

“If one simply looks to the New Testament, there is an abundance of evidence in favor of pacifism … I think in terms of the New Testament, the message is clear, and I simply do not understand those who think that violence is at all compatible with the New Testament teaching. Over and over...

“… Christianity was born as a pacifistic religion. Jesus of Nazareth and his early followers preached radical nonviolence, and for three hundred years after his crucifixion Christian leaders were unambiguously opposed to warfare of any kind. The evidence for Christian pacifism begins with the...

I used AI to search for “Schools which are named after pacifists.” A suggestion for you: Use AI to search for schools named after pacifists. Once you find them for yourself - and you will - then revisit your post and revise your statement accordingly.

”Jesus of the Bible” doesn’t look like you portray him. He modeled it for us. The crusaders weren’t typically martyrs. What they actually did was to treat others the way they didn’t want others to treat them. Compare that with the Golden Rule. There are, in fact, many schools named after...

When the Catholic crusader / inquisitor mind collided with the Anabaptist pacifist mind ... an example, not for the faint of heart. ”On May 21, 1527, former Benedictine monk turned Anabaptist evangelist Michael Sattler (1490-1527) was gruesomely executed for the crime of theological heresy. …...