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Addendum on Persecution: Fight or Flight? Paid Members Public
Addendum: Fight or Flight? James M. Arlandson After I finished the series on Pacifism and the Sword in the New Testament, someone wrote me these questions: What if the Church is targeted for persecution by the government or by large groups of extremists, but the government does not come to
Questions and answers on pacifism and the sword Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Christians are commanded to love their enemies, so are Christian soldiers and police officers permitted to kill them? How can they maintain their witness about God when they may have to pull the trigger? Wasnt Jesus a pacifist? Wouldnt revelations guide the State better than reason? This
Officers, soldiers, and God Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson According to the New Testament, is it possible to be honored by God and be a weapon-carrying soldier or law enforcement officer, at the same time? Does God approve of soldiers and officers of the State? Does he condemn the military? If not, may individual Christians serve,
Pacifism and the Sword in the Gospels Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Did Jesus endorse and encourage violence in the four Gospels, presumably a righteous kind of violence? Did he call his original disciples to this? Did he order all of his disciples to buy swords, really? Two verses may indicate that he did these things. Matt. 10:34
Jesus, Pacifism, and the Sword Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Are Christians permitted to carry the sword (or modern weapons)? What should the Churchs policy be on war and peace? Should it counsel the State to turn the other cheek? Are Christians permitted to join the police force and the military? How can they "love their
The name of God in the Bible and the Quran [Part 4: One Last Note] Paid Members Public
The Name of God in the Bible and the Quran One Last Note One challenge put forth by one of the people whom Osama Abdallah quoted in his article is as follows: God has One name, and that's "ALLAH" ... If anyone has any doubts or proofs
The Name of God in the Bible and the Quran [Part 3: Allah the Oak?] Paid Members Public
The Name of God in the Bible and the Quran Part Three: Allah the Oak? In an article responding to Al-Kadhis What Did Jesus Really Say? and in Part Two of this study, I have pointed out that Muhammad called on a god by the name of Allah, and therefore
The Name of God in the Bible and the Quran [Part 2: The Name of Allah] Paid Members Public
The Name of God in the Bible and the Quran Part Two: The Name of Allah We have already presented proof that Gods name in the Bible is YHWH. We must now look at what the Quran calls the name of its god. After doing this, we shall see the