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OMG. We just discovered that what we thought was an innocent kid wasn’t innocent after all. He was a murderer who moments before stabbed and robbed a little old lady around the block, out of our sight, and an off duty police officer in civilian clothes was trying to stop him. Neither of us were...

So no action is required of me other than to get out of the way and allow the situation to unfold between them. What if I hadn’t noticed that the first man had a concealed weapon? What if the man didn’t have a concealed weapon but I mistakenly thought that he did? It all happened so fast. He’s...

I tell you that God could have ended the threat with a word from his mouth. Setting that aside, who said anything about doing nothing? Not me. Can you guarantee that whatever you or I decide to do in that vague scenario that the innocent child would not die?

What are the details in your hypothetical? What are my options? I’ll give you one. A man with a gun concealed under his coat is walking down the street. I’m observing him as I walk toward him. Another man approaches the first man from behind and words are exchanged between them. Suddenly the...

If it involves a third party, does God get to make the choice for their life? If we would blame a person who is following Jesus for what happens to someone else by a person set on harming them, then why would we not blame God?

@Chihuahua if I were to adopt @Wranger’s conviction, I would have no alternative but to insist that you are not following Jesus. Let’s say, for the sake of discussion, that I just now decided Wrangler is a dadgum genius and I’m now on board with him. Forget Wrangler. Now it’s just you and me...

The alternative to not resist and submit to being killed is always an alternative answer. A police officer is an authorized agent of the government. PTSD is real.

“Peace and Violence. Jesus promised his followers the blessing of being in God’s family if they would be ‘peacemakers’ (Mt 5:9), respond non-violently to aggressors (5:38-42) and even love their enemies (5:43-48). Luke’s Gospel has been the center of pacifistic interpretations of the Gospels...

Government is given the power, the authority, even the responsibility - by God - to use the sword. Neither Jesus nor the apostles offered the Roman Emperors advice on what they should or should not do about the threats they faced from other nations. I wouldn’t offer the US President any advice...

“Caesar wants Wrangler killed.“ I won’t do it. Somewhere in the world, a Christian is willing to do it.

“Ludicrous” was an understatement.

I have you a clear answer to your question. You aren’t waiting on the Messiah. I am. I worked for Caesar for over thirty years. It was a mixture of good and evil. I was occasionally ordered to do illegal and unethical acts and I refused. Paul makes it clear that there are times when Caesar must...

Remember that when you blow a fellow Christian soldier’s brains out. Remember that as you’re dying on the battlefield at the hands of a fellow Christian who thinks he’s serving God by killing you. Think about it as the bombs you drop kill Christian and non-Christian civilians. When Caesar asks...

I would have to be fifty years younger to be in the position of making that kind of decision. I’m very familiar with Doss’ story. If we accept @Wrangler’s ludicrous requirement - “you are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill” - then that wouldn’t be a valid option for a CO. If...

Who wants Christians to kill fellow Christians and non-Christians? The devil, not the Messiah and the apostles. John 16:2. The time is here, and has been for nearly two millennia.

You truly believe “you are not following Jesus if you are not armed, ready to kill“ is taught in scripture. You‘ve already killed in your heart. The kingdoms of the world aren’t the kingdom of God. You’ll literally kill Christians and non-Christians if the kingdom of the world you live in goes...