[jonrick46]

"In times like these, Christians should stop turning the other cheek and start acting like Old Testament warriors." In Christ's time, you had to turn the other cheek because you lived under the totalitarian rule of the emperor. There was no democracy and no will of the people. If Christ lived in our times, Christians would indeed be Old Testament warriors.

[cloudmountain]

In Christ's time, you had to turn the other cheek because you lived under the totalitarian rule of the emperor. There was no democracy and no will of the people. If Christ lived in our times, Christians would indeed be Old Testament warriors.

I now pick my battles very carefully. There are things worth fighting for but, for me, not many.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Turning the other cheek is taking a blow for the Lord without retaliating. It is applicable today.

However, the Word does not say to turn the cheek again and again. I figure that the first blow is intended against the Lord, and further blows are intended to injure me, so that turning the other cheek after the first is a dare for another blow that might very well lead to painful retribution.

I do not understand your meaning of Old Testament warriors. What would Old Testament warriors do today? March around the mall blasting trumpets until the walls came down? Then storm the mall and kill every living thing inside it?

[pgyanke]

In times like these, Christians should stop turning the other cheek and start acting like Old Testament warriors.

There are plenty of examples of New Testament Warriors.