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But -- there is certainly no evidence that Jesus' followers did this on any missions, not in the book of Acts, the epistles, or in any other early Christian writing that I know of. A scripture passage needs to be interpreted in ... [Agape love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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The case for Christian pacifism has been made frequently and fervently by many writers. The Gospel writers record that Jesus called his followers to a way of life in which violence and division are overcome by sacrificial love. ... The just-war proponent believes that war is sometimes required by justice, in which case it...
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A Short Catechism on Christian Pacifism by George Hunsinger; What is a Christian pacifist? A Christian pacifist is someone who believes that in all situations of human life Jesus expects nothing less from his disciples than love.
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www.mupwj.org/Hunsinger-Christian.pdf
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I often feel as though I’m the only American Christian that actually believes that violence is not okay. To me, it’s as simple as beginning with how God created the world (without any contention, pain, violence, or death) and realizing that maybe that’s how it’s supposed to remain.
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twiceinfinity.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/christian-pacifi...
twiceinfinity.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/christian-pacifism-and-the-old-testament/
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For the first three centuries of the Christian faith, Christianity was a minority belief and had little influence in government. Then there was an important change. The Roman Emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of his empire, and church and politics began to mix and ... Issues: War and Pacifism...
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C. S. Lewis on Pacifism, War & the Christian Warrior ... Traditional Christians have a rich heritage of Christian just-war reflection to draw upon to provide moral guidance. Lutherans and Calvinists, too, have a body of reflection by their founding fathers.
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www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-03-045-f
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My own introduction to Christian pacifism came in the form of John Howard Yoder’s book The Politics of Jesus. Until I read Yoder, I imagined pacifism as the sort of thing only fringe political groups or the politically naive could embrace;
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www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2007/10/02/thou-shalt-...
www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2007/10/02/thou-shalt-not-kill-thinking-about-christian-pacifism/
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Christian pacifism. Is this position tenable, this refusal to participate in a war which you believe to be a necessary evil for your country? ...
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believes. This places his entire system into question. Since he argues. A Critique of Christian Pacifist Communitarianism ...
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