With war raging in Ukraine, Israel, and Myanmar, I wondered how many wars are happening across the globe right now as I write in fall 2023. One tracker I found lists 32 countries currently involved in war, and my country, the USA, is not one of them. Of those wars, 18 are terrorist wars, 9Continue reading “Struggling with war and peace – Boots of Peace, Preview”
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Should Christians take up arms? [Christians & War – Deuteronomy 20, part 4]
How should Christians view war? We are not the nation of ancient Israel which had a special covenant with God. We are the church, and we are under a new covenant. So from this passage in Deuteronomy, we can learn God’s heart, but we have to also take into consideration the new covenant we haveContinue reading “Should Christians take up arms? [Christians & War – Deuteronomy 20, part 4]”
War and Peace and Christians
Last week I asked, “What should Christians do about War and Peace?” Sunday was the 15th anniversary of 9/11, so we talked about these two important responses. Just War and Pacifism. There are other ways to approach the response to evil in the world, but just war and pacifism tend to be the two primaryContinue reading “War and Peace and Christians”
What should Christians do about War and Peace? – On the 15th anniversary of 9/11
On September 11th, 2001, Michelle and I were in Kingston, Jamaica. We had been there for a year as church-planting missionaries. That morning I was down the road at our co-workers house feeding their rabbits. Our co-workers, the Kay family, were out of town, and we were taking care of things for them. Michelle calledContinue reading “What should Christians do about War and Peace? – On the 15th anniversary of 9/11”
Show love to ISIS?
A Facebook friend posted an article which included the video below, which is a message to ISIS. Give it a look and see what you think. How do you feel about that? We continue our study of Jesus’ Words, Works and Way in the Gospel of Luke this Sunday, and we come to another oneContinue reading “Show love to ISIS?”
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