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The military doesn’t teach soldiers to love their enemies. The military teaches soldiers to kill their enemies. The military doesn’t teach soldiers Jesus’ way. The military teaches soldiers the world’s way.

Who and how much do you put your trust in?

“Faith is the refusal to panic.” - Martyn Lloyd-Jones

It’s not photoshop.

The origin of the Just War theory doesn’t come down to us from Jesus, nor from the Apostles. It comes to us from the Church after the Roman Empire stopped persecuting believers. If my conviction doesn’t imitate the conviction of the Messiah and the Apostles then I would say it is of very...

Cults often make fashion statements. Maybe it’s both, or neither. I’m leaning toward it being cult behavior, on the part of some.

* I love origin stories, but sometimes I wonder if they’re just myths, legends or cartoons.*

Is it?

Where did the “Just War” theory come from? And when? It didn’t come from Jesus. Nor did it come from his Apostled. The earliest Christians knew nothing about it. They were willing to suffer martyrdom (and many did) rather than to kill their enemies. I am clergy. I teach disciples to love their...

* Great word. Another name for internet discussion forums? I think a solid case could be made for it. *

It wasn’t God’s will for Adam to sin. I‘m speaking about simple church history during and under the reign of the Roman Empire. No. You’ve apparently missed the point. Not hardly. Paul had authority within the church, not outside the church.

I’m not arguing against Yahweh. I’m arguing against people who say that Yahweh wants those under the New Covenant to kill their enemies. I like your appeal to conscience. I seldom self-identify as a pacifist (because most people have it stuck in their heads that all pacifists are the same -...

See the Roman Empire. The Lord spoke through Paul. Paul (and his fellow believers) was living under the rule of the pagan Roman Empire. Paul’s solution was / is to live under that worldly system. That worldly system will be replaced by the Messiah’s system when the Messiah returns.