war

  1. C

    Prayer for Israel

    I'm asking for prayer for Israel that no weapon form against Israel would prosper and every tongue that rises up against Israel in judgement be condemned. I'm asking for prayer that the Lord would stop Hamas and those that would want to see Israel destroyed from attacking them and He would bring...
  2. AlexB23

    War Fiction preview (not for those under 15)

    Hello folks. Here is the preview of my war fiction. Have never done this before. The story is set on a pre-space age alien planet with 1940s level tech in the 1910s. This entire war fiction plot covers the issues with populist leaders, propaganda in media, as well as more fictional issues such...
  3. ValeriyK2022

    How people get used to evil deeds

    When the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out in Europe a year ago, it spread all over the world media. But now they forgot about it. I open the BBC and watch the main news. A 16-year-old youth has been killed in the US. It's terrible of course. And in Ukraine, dozens and hundreds of people are...
  4. linux.poet

    What Russia Doesn't Want You To Know About the War in Ukraine

    Description: This video is about the devastation that Russia has wrought in Ukraine, captured in Satellite imagery. These photos tell a very unnerving story about how modern warfare can disrupt the lives of ordinary civilian people in dangerous and profound ways. Key points: -Invasion of Kyiv...
  5. mindlight

    Ukraine: The End Game

    The war in Ukraine continues as Winter approaches. Putin seeks to weaken Ukrainian resolve by destroying their ability to keep themselves warm in the cold of Winter. Ukrainian troops continue to advance toward Kherson but the Russians are digging in. The Russians continue to throw themselves...
  6. mindlight

    Is the Donbas about to fall?

    Why Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk is so important | DW | 09.06.2022 The city of Sievierodonetsk now has no bridges to it for resupply or escape. If the city falls then the Russians will be able to claim a victory comparable to the fall of Mariupol. This shifts the momentum of the war in their...
  7. mindlight

    Putin's challenge to Western democracy?

    Biden has portrayed this conflict as one between autocracy and democracy. Putin sees it more in terms of a Russian Orthodox dream of a greater Russia versus a corrupted Western world and its notion of freedom based on shopping and promiscuity. Has freedom in the West been sabotaged by its...
  8. mindlight

    After war comes Famine?

    Ukraine and Russia account for 28% of the world's cereal exports. Countries in the Middle East import as much as half their calory needs. At a time when many Arab countries have nearly exhausted the underground aquifers used to water their dry fields and continued population growth this...
  9. Vanellus

    War compared to Covid19

    Ukraine has suffered over 100,000 deaths due to Covid19 but so far only 100s or maybe 1000s due to the war. Ukrainians are understandably fleeing the country or hiding under the ground: making significant sacrifices to save their lives and the lives of their children, family and friends. Now I...
  10. mindlight

    Europe's New Security Architecture

    The invasion of Ukraine changes everything. For the first time since WW2, we have a major land war going on in Europe. Assumptions of peace and safety in our time have been shattered by the reality of Russian aggression and by Putin's narrative relating to the illegitimacy of all new NATO...
  11. mindlight

    Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen

    Why Russia and the West failed to create a united Europe after the USSR collapsed The Russians consider NATO to have broken promises when it expanded to the East. For Ukraine to join NATO is a red line they cannot tolerate. The troops on Ukraine's borders continue to mass and NATO has already...
  12. mindlight

    If Russia invades the Ukraine...

    If Russia invades Ukraine what should the NATO response be? Why do you hold the view you do?
  13. Christsfreeservant

    The Battle for Truth is Intense

    Psalms 11:1-3 ESV “In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, ‘Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can...
  14. Michael Snow

    Charles Spurgeon on Christians and war.

    Would be interesting to know how many tens of thousands of American Christians use Spurgeon's devotionals. Despite his wide popularity few have ever read his clear words about Christians and war. SpurgeonWatermark_zpsgcb19hmc by Michael Snow posted Mar 12, 2017 at 3:15 PM Charles Spurgeon: On...
  15. K

    What is the Orthodox perspective on nations and war?

    After having consumed a reasonable amount of literature that relates to (Eastern) theology and the history of the development of the Christian faith, i was left with some specific questions that i hope can be answered by someone with a more advanced understanding of Orthodox theology then i do...
  16. I

    Was the Reconquista a justified holy war?

    In the history of holy wars of Christianity one stands out as the most successful, with the greatest consequences and results. The Reconquista not only expelled Islamic influence from Spain and in the process, all of western Europe, it laid the foundation of the future Christian Kingdoms which...
  17. Ohorseman

    The western world hates PATRIARCHY and the church ignores it. By this are we sinning?

    Some think that patriarchy is about power. But I think it is about responsibility and it is the system directed in the Bible. But we have stepped away from patriarchy. Is that a sin and why does the church avoid this topic? The God-given authority of a man, it has been misused and squandered...
  18. I

    War and Peace

    Cont from this thread: Women Pastors? If warfare is forbidden, period, then I wonder how it is as Christians we reconcile ourselves to the Christian past. When I consider a war like the Reconquista, am I to consider it a bad thing that Spain is Christian today? Am I to consider it a bad...
  19. Quid est Veritas?

    Military Metaphor and Covid

    Biden Thanksgiving speech: We're at war with the virus, not each other I see this kind of rhetoric quite frequently nowadays. That we are fighting a war, or that the virus is our enemy. This is called the military metaphor, and is fairly common in Medicine. However, it is actually discouraged...
  20. Dale

    “Most wars are started by Democrats.” Huh?

    The other day, someone told me, “Most wars are started by Democrats.” I asked him if he remembered the first George Bush’s invasion of Panama. He didn’t. I asked him if he remembered Ronald Reagan sending troops to the island of Grenada to take out the Marxist regime there. He didn’t. There are...