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“It is time to defend Christianity from Christian nationalists. … Not only is Christian nationalism a bad political philosophy, it is also faulty Christian theology...” (Marvin A. McMickle, “Christian nationalism is a danger to our nation”)...

“These men were not the dashing, chivalrous knight of folk tale and Cervantes. They were rough-hewn, raucous, hard-drinking mercenaries and bounty hunters, nomadic guns for hire who wandered Europe looking for the next war or adventure, often dragging their families with them.“ (Paul Ham, New...

Some of my readers know that I’m currently reading New Jerusalem:The short life and terrible death of Christendom’s most defiant sect, written by Paul Ham. Is anyone (besides me) posting in this thread familiar with this 16th century incident? When did it become the business of the church to...

https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/mercenaries-in-the-age-of-the-crusades Mercenary armies. Acceptable in the days of the Crusaders. Acceptable today? Would your church hire a mercenary army? Would you be okay with it if it did? Would Jesus and the apostles have approved of hiring mercenaries?

“You will never please everybody. If you please God always, and your wife usually, be content.” - C.H. Spurgeon

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed - “Many believers think their daily Bible reading does little because they forget what they read by afternoon. But the Word of God does not work only through memory. It works through formation. Line by line, day after day, the Scriptures begin to reshape...

“Pacifism rarely gets taken seriously due to a widespread cultural bias: ‘everybody knows‘ that pacifism is hopelessly naive and idealistic. Meanwhile, war is accepted as normal, practical and realistic. Meanwhile, war is accepted as normal, practical and realistic. And although pacifists such...