AOG and War

[Michael Snow]

Affirming the long held position of AOG on pacifism (until the 1960s) see my post on "Christians and War" in forum:

Christian Philosophy & Ethics​

Discussions about Christians going to war always revert to focus on defending our families from attack.

Now, during my whole lifetime, I have never seen a family being attacked, BUT we have all watched Christians march off to war (including myself) during all our lives. And most are too cowardly to talk about that within the “cultural moment” in which we live.
See 4 min segment here, on my question at this conference.

 

[Michael Snow]

Pentecostal Pacifism: The Origins, Development and Rejection of Pacific Belief among the Pentecostals by Jay Beaman on amazon (link is too long to post here)​

I first ran into Jay Beaman's Masters Thesis at the seminary library where I was working on my own book on pacifism.

Pentecostal Pacifism: The Origin, Development, and Reje…

"At a time when the Evangelical wing of the church is beginning to show some signs of soul searching over the issues of war and peace, the Pentecostals would do well to study their own heritage. Whether they accept or reject their earlier world view, they need to interpret the motivation for their original beliefs and those which they now hold. As people of the word of God, have Pentecostals altered their pacifistic views as a result of new biblical insights or cultural accommodation? -"

The video I linked above looks at the dangers of being a "prisoner of our cultural moment"
Synopsis here:

My Question at the Spurgeon Library Conference

“I find it fascinating as a Brit, hearing that *question* being put…” –Michael Reeves, author of Spurgeon on the Christian Life: Alive in Christ. Dr. Thomas Kidd’s conference lecture fo…

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[Richard T]

I don't remember much out of the ordinary, but his take on war and military service is that it is acceptable from what i remember. The Commandment do not kill, is more like do not murder and that is a big difference when one is acting in self defense for themselves or for their country.

The Bible and National Defense: What the Bible Has to Say About War and the Price of Our Freedom from Bob Yandian.​