Posted on 05/29/2006 3:19:32 AM PDT by indyreb
The people who preach "nonviolence" while they condemn America for protecting itself are the very same people who praise armed communist "revolutionary" movements. They also are sympathetic to Islamist terrorists (I don't think they would come out and say it but they seem to view Islamofascism as a "liberation" movement).
A theologian pointed out that at the moment Jesus was arrested, in the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter cut the ear of the slave of the High Priest.
Jesus told Peter to put his sword back in his sheath, he did not tell him to throw away his sword.
There is meaning in words, and many seem to forget that.
I remember getting into a debate last year with a woman from my parish about the Iraq war. She thought those protesting the war were the courageous ones, and this was not a justifiable war.
I countered that the courageous ones were battling the terrorists, and that freeing millions of people from tyrannical rule was a good thing. If an opinion runs counter to their argument, then it must be "un Christian", and not worthy of consideration.
She was reduced to calling me names. You're right, as long as it suits their needs, they can justify what ever they want.
John 18:35"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"I note that in the above circumstance, Jesus did not limit the potential use of violence. These religious leaders would have been appalled if Bush used the saving of one innocent Iraqi as a pretext of war.36Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."
However, if they keep reading about what Jesus said they might not like what he would say about their call for impeachment
Matthew 12:25Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
"Progressives" A cloak word leftist defeatists love to call themselves.
Meanwhile, the Methodist Church continues to lose members while the Baptist Church continues to gain.
No mention of cutting off the heads of innocents, killing civilians, butchering children and women. No mention of the value of freedom, the cost of freedom and the eternal war against evil.
Once again the big media makes me want to vomit.
A common FR synonymn for the so-called man who infested the White House between 1993 and 2001.
Help me out - where do you get "sink emperor"?
Romans 13:1 ¶Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Now, some people will say "what about communist governments? or the Nazis? or Kim Jong Il? Did God ordain them?" OF course not. Satan has been usurping true authority for centuries and millenia. It's the church's job to TAKE IT BACK.
A better question is "Is the AssociatePress an American enemy?"
Who has done the greater harm Al Queda or the AP?
Ironically, Mr. Winkler and much of the hierarchy of the UMC live along the east coast, in NYC and DC where future attacks on America are likely to occur.
ping to post 26- more scriptural truth which blows holes into these leftists misconceptions about Christianity.
Regards, Ivan
I'm beyond tired of hearing liars accuse Bush of having lied about reasons to invade Iraq.
You claim that Mr. Bush was wrong, but you may be mistaken. It would be uncharitable, even arrogant, of me to assert that you lied if I believe your opinion to be incorrect. But then, that seems to be exactly how you treat Mr. Bush.
; )
By the way, that scripture in post 26 is also very apropriate on Memorial Day.
The Bible states that soldiers, cops, agents of just authority in general, are ministers of God!
Lord, may You bless and keep all those in service this day, and may those who have given their lives be eternally honored. Amen.
Such wrong-headedness is self correcting.
The terrorists want us DEAD, not converted, not subservient.. DEAD.
The only option is to make them dead first.
Was Bush's response to Sept. 11 attacks un-Christian?
Let's see,Murder was commited in the US
The civil authorities are commanded by God to
execute murderers.
Bush tried to kill the murderers.
YES
But for the militant antislavery turn of Christianity in general and the Protestant churches in particular in the 18th and 19th centuries, slavery would be as commonplace now as it was in the time of the start of the book of Exodus.
Ping
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