[Lysandru]

I can only imagine the cow people would have if they found out that I brought a concealed weapon into my suburban D.C. church.

No, I have not done that. But I have this old, almost Catholic desire to lay down my arms when going into a church.

When I ushered Protestant Chapel at West Point, those of us with ceremonial swords would lay them at the altar before distributing the elements for Communion.

[Red Badger]

LUKE 22

35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Nothing,” they answered.

36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’[b]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

38 The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.”

“That’s enough!” he replied.

[Elsie]

When I ushered Protestant Chapel at West Point, those of us with ceremonial swords would lay them at the altar before distributing the elements for Communion.

Matthew 10:34
"I come not to bring peace, but to bring a sword"

[Elsie]

When I ushered Protestant Chapel at West Point, those of us with ceremonial swords would lay them at the altar before distributing the elements for Communion.

Luke 22:38
The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
"That is enough," he replied.