That Old-Time Religion
David A. Fiensy contrasts nostalgic American “old-time religion” with the compassion, courage, and Jesus-shaped witness of the earliest Christians.
Articles for tag: Christian Pacifism
January 20, 2008
What About War?
Christian involvement in war: conscience, Scripture, and the tragic view of life A longtime question haunts the author: how Christians should think about war when Scripture, church history, and human suffering all pull in different directions. The article traces poetry, biblical warfare texts, the just war tradition, and personal experience toward a “tragic view of life” that resists easy answers. The author wrestles with the irony of war and the challenge of God’s participation in biblical conquest. Church history shows shifting Christian positions—from early opposition to later “just war” frameworks. Personal stakes come into view with the deployment of the
November 5, 2006
JUST WAR? – A Valid Concept
Jack Cottrell presents a biblical defense of Christian just war, explaining its moral limitations and distinguishing personal nonretaliation from government's responsibility to protect the innocent and administer justice.
November 5, 2006
Just War? A Question of Kingdom Allegiance
Jason Bembry shares the questions that reshaped his assumptions about Christian participation in war, engaging Jesus’ teaching, early church practice, Restoration voices, and Romans 13.
