The best defense is a good offense is an oft-heard quote in military circles that originated or at least is attributed to Jack Dempsey the prizefighter from the 1910s – 1920s. While this sounds good, the fact remains that sometimes offenses stall and other times there is a need for strong defensive fortifications. In the … More Saturday’s Soldiers Devotional – “Best Defense” – 02/10/2024
JOHN 16:33 Peace as the Absence of Hostility At times, “peace” indicates the absence of hostilities. In texts where the term “peace” contrasts with warfare, it likely communicates a mere cessation of warfare instead of friendship (Deut 20:10; Judg 4:17; 21:13; 1 Sam 7:14; 1 Kgs 2:5; 5:12; Jer 25:37; Ezek 7:25; Mic 3:5). Ecclesiastes … More Saturday’s Soldiers Devotional – 12/30/2023
Numbers 31:6-12 NUMBERS 31 War sucks, one need only look at the nightly news and see the horrible images coming from the Gaza Strip to know that this is true. I know of no soldier/service member who wants war except the deranged. However, as is the case with Israel if you must go to war … More Saturday’s Soldier Devotional – PLUS – 10/14/2023
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Since 3600 BC the world has known only 292 years of peace. In that period, stretching more than 55 centuries, there have been an incredible 14,531 wars in which over 3.6 billion people have been killed. —John Ankerberg (born 1945) and John Weldon, apologists Bible Truth Behind the Quote: “Deliver me, O LORD, from evil … More Saturday’s Soldier Devotional – PLUS – 07/22/2023
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted the global economy, sparked fears of world war, and pumped gas prices to record highs. There are personal costs, too. Aside from the lives already lost in the fighting, the conflict in Ukraine has revealed a conflict of interest at the heart of an increasingly common practice. In an … More Surrogacy in the Time of War
From Twitter: On TUES., MARCH 1st, 4-6pm*ET*: Mykola Leliovskyi, Professor of Biblical Theology & Hermeneutics at Grace Bible Seminary in Kyiv, Ukraine & member of the leadership team at Grace Bible Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, will address: “An ASSESSMENT of the RUSSIAN INVASION of UKRAINE from a CHRISTIAN EYEWITNESS & UKRAINIAN CITIZEN” Listen *LIVE* GLOBALLY … More An Assessment of the invasion of Ukraine (Live Event – 03/01/2022)
In the early hours of the morning on February 24, the Russian Federation invaded the nation of Ukraine. If you’ve turned on a news channel over the past 24 hours, you’ve undoubtedly seen endless videos of Russian helicopters, fighter jets, troop carriers, and tanks attacking Ukraine. Russian forces have begun a full-scale assault on Ukraine … More As Russia Invades Ukraine, Here are Three Ways Christians Should Respond
The top headline of the past few weeks has been the saber-rattling out of Moscow. This week, Russian leader Vladimir Putin stepped even closer to waging war against Ukraine. On Monday, Russian troops entered the country, and Moscow formally recognized the pro-Russian breakaway parts of Ukraine as independent states (independent of Ukraine, that is)… READ … More Wars and Rumors of Wars
A reminder, I get many “Christian” news feeds and don’t necessarily agree with all their content our theological views. I scan them each morning to pass on a few articles I deem newsworthy. So always be a Berean, Act 17:11. As we prepare to gather around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends, many of … More Mandating Women Into War?
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