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Say what you want, say what you will about Pope Francis but he learned the lesson. “Let us not forget this: War is in itself a crime against humanity. People need peace! The world needs peace!”...

“Stop saying ‘invite Jesus into your heart.’ That phrase is absent from the Bible. Tell people to repent and trust Christ for salvation (Acts 3:19; 16:31).” - Trevor Sheatz

“I think many denominations are just crippled with famous preachers. We’re chasing them, listening to them, tuning into them, when we should be listening to God.” - Leonard Ravenhill

I don’t doubt it. The gun may not even have been loaded. Whether it was or it wasn’t, it doesn’t sound like the home owner killed any of the criminals. I spoke with a man one time a long time ago who was a farmer. He always had a loaded shotgun nearby. He told me that one night he heard someone...

I don’t have the “Christians Only” forums open (so I’m largely unaware of what is transpiring in them) but I noticed in the side bar* that a thread has been opened in one of those forums setting the Nicene Creed to nice music. This being the 1,700th anniversary of the original Nicene Creed, I...

“you are not a follower of Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill” - Wrangler He’s not telling you the truth. He’s bearing false witness against the Messiah, against the apostles, and against the earliest followers of Jesus. People like that often wind up making the situation worse.

Her actions, and those of her mother, are strong evidence that they don’t embrace your “you are not a disciple of Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill“ teaching. I would have been surprised if she had told me that you were passing along to me what she believed.

“Go and make disciples of all nations” - Jesus Even @Wrangler knows enough about the Crusades to know and acknowledge that that is not what the Crusaders were doing. That part of his teaching is correct.

I’m not either. You shared an experience involving your mother and an experience involving yourself. If @Wrangler is correct - he’s not - then you were both disobeying Jesus in the way that you responded to your armed assailants. He’s a killer and he is trying to teach you (and everyone else...

You have it right @walter. Stay the course. It is the worldly man, the one has killing his enemies so deeply ingrained in his psyche that he would kill the disciples of Jesus, who is urging upon us the exact opposite of what the Messiah is teaching in Matthew 10:24. The Messiah doesn’t want his...

You would kill me. Your weapons are worldly. There is no possibility of me killing you. My weapons are spiritual.

Directing people to Christian history isn’t misdirection. You’ve directed my attention to the Middle Age era of Christianity and I’ve directed my readers to the primitive era of Christianity without neglecting the Middle Age era. I’m pointing out that the earliest Christians didn’t think like...

The common denominator of violence committed by Christians and Muslims against Christians, Muslims and Jews (and others) is violence. You’re a violent man. I don’t debate. As for my primary objection to the Crusades, I’ve supplied it in my posts.

No. Enemy. I‘ve directed your attention to earlier Christians, Christians who lived in the first four centuries. I’ve used multiple Christian sources (including even pagan sources which undermine your teaching) in order to give you the opportunity to learn from them. The earliest Christians...

There is a major difference between animals and human beings. I know that you have killed human beings in your heart (and are keen on literally kill human beings, if you haven’t already) but are you in favor of euthanizing human beings?

I know more about the subject than you so. Jesus tells us why he instructed them purchase swords, said two swords in total were enough, stated why he instructed them to purchase swords, and rebuked the one who used it. Wrong. You don’t know the difference between obeying Caesar and obeying...

Someone else mentioned earlier in the thread that Jesus taught his disciples to do no harm to their enemies. As church history demonstrates , the earliest Christians followed that teaching. The question I would ask is how is it possible for a Christian to follow Jesus’ teaching while serving in...