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Does Jesus want Believers to Take Up Arms?

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Does Jesus want Believers to Take Up Arms?

By Herb Reese

Does Jesus’ instruction to buy swords require Christians to arm themselves today? Examining Luke 22, Jesus’ trial, his words to Pilate, and Peter’s teaching on suffering, this post argues that Christ’s kingdom advances through faith and submission, not force, and asks whether believers will accept the cost of that calling.

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This post first appeared in NewCommandment.org.

 

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Herb Reese
Herb Reese is an author, public speaker and President of New Commandment Men's Ministries. Herb has a B.A. in History from UCLA and a Th.M. in Pastoral Ministries from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has done post graduate work in The History of Ideas at University of Texas, Dallas and in Church Administration at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. After serving as a pastor over a period of twenty years, Herb founded New Commandment Men's Ministries, a ministry dedicated to helping churches recruit, train, organize and deploy teams of men who permanently adopt their widowed and single parents. Herb has served as President of New Commandment since 2003 and has helped 1,000 churches develop men's team ministries in all 50 states and eight foreign countries. Herb and his wife, Patti, live in Arvada, Colorado, and have three adult children.

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