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“In Fulcher’s version of Urban’s Clermont speech, it is evident that Urban immediately declares himself the only Vicar of Christ: One after another, [Urban] beseechingly exhorted them all, with renewed faith, to spur themselves in great earnestness to overcome the Devil’s devices and to try to...

We certainly should model Christ. We should model the Apostles too. Christ didn’t kill his enemies during the time of his earthly ministry. Neither did the Apostles during their ministry. Neither did the early Christians. Neither have Christians since then who have modeled Christ and been...

“… the motivation of Urban himself. Why would he want to enter such an endeavor so obviously fraught with complications, expense, and danger? In his mind, the very existence of the Roman papacy was at stake. If the Muslims could travel north and conquer Rome, then the rule of St. Peter would be...

Christians killing Christians -> God, I’ve suggested, doesn’t love them for doing it.

Have you ever slaughtered a human being? Have you seen photographs of human beings - Christian and non-Christian alike; men, women, and children - who were slaughtered by Muslims, by Christians, by anyone?

“In the end, the First Crusade was the only successful expedition during the three centuries of battle over the Holy Land.” (Christian Jihad, p. 100) Let us consider the outcome. God ordered the Crusades, blessed the efforts of the crusaders, and rewarded them with … success?

Christianity has a life, a good long life, which recognizes the Crusades were a disaster, not only for Christianity, but also for the non-Christian world. Christians killing our Christian and non-Christian enemies makes the world a darker place.

“For decades, people all across the globe have been interested in unidentified flying objects, unexplained aerial phenomena, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now, it sounds like there might be some real answers coming from the United States government. During a recent interview...

“The rumors are real. I was brought into a private briefing with other pastors. No phones, no cameras, no recordings. We were told plainly: disclosure is coming, and what follows will shake the faith of many. If pastors don’t start preparing their people now, it will be too late.” (Mike...

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this afternoon - “For generations, men were expected to lead, protect, provide, work hard, control themselves, marry, raise children, and take responsibility before God and society. Then feminism told women they didn’t need men. Secularism removed God...

“Urban effectively declared a holy war on Muslims who held Jerusalem. Christians had taken on as much guilt as Muslims who declared a jihad. The Just War criteria had been replaced by a theology of retribution. Christians no longer had mere permission to serve in the army. The army was now...

I want to say something here about Ergun and Emir Caner. From the excerpts of their book which I have been quoting from, one might be left with the impression that they are pacifists. They are highly critical of the Crusades, but they are not pacifists. ”… it is one thing to have Christians in...

I don’t know what @Wrangler and @Armour of God think about it - they don’t have an issue with Christians killing Christians - but the crusaders were none to happy that the Christians whom they were sent to help had allied with the Turks against them. “Enraged by Alexis’s deception, the...

While it’s fresh on your mind that Urban used an appeal for his help from Alexis, I want to bring to your attention an incident from the First Crusade before I forget it. In regard to the battle for Nicea in 1097 - ”At the battlefield, the Christian forces numbered a quarter of a million men...

“On Tuesday, November 27, 1095, Urban sounded the summons for what would be a centuries-long movement. In Constantinople, Alexis had requested aid from the pope, and Urban saw this as his great opportunity. ... One of the chroniclers of the historic synod, Robert the Monk, reported that Urban...

It is the church which @Wrangler and his concealed identity church fight / war against, supported by @Armour of God. I’m glad you mentioned salvation. Pope Urban had a twist on that too, as I will shortly go on to demonstrate using the Caners’ book Christian Jihad.

Pope Urban reinstated the Truce of God at the Council of Clermont. Are you familiar with it? (It will be of little, if any, interest to @Wrangler.) ”Urban reinstated the ‘truce’ so that he could inaugurate a war and still maintain the appearance of restraining violence. The ten points of Truce...

Anything passing for Christianity that doesn’t align with the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles will fall @Armour of God. Neither Jesus nor the Apostles instructed the followers of the Messiah to kill their enemies. He and they taught us to love our enemies, and that’s what evangelizing them is.

Do you have any idea about how many Christians stand against the teaching of Roman Catholicism and its bloody history? It’s true that some people, many people, would love to see Christianity fall. I’m not one of them, and it isn’t going to fall.