Pacifism

Should a Christian Serve as a Military Chaplain? (podcast)

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Greg argues that both hot water and cold water are good.  Episode 530 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0530.mp3

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Podcast: How Should Pacifists View Military Veterans?

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Greg dons camouflage in this boots to the ground episode.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0295.mp3

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Was the Early Church Pacifistic? A Response to Paul Copan (#11)

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In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) I argue that Jesus and Paul instruct Christians to love and bless their enemies and to unconditionally refrain from violence (e.g. Matt 5:39-45; Rom 12:14-21). Moreover, I argue…

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Podcast: Must a Kingdom Pacifist Be a Political Pacifist?

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Greg discusses different levels of pacifism. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0213.mp3

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Podcast: Why Take ‘Turn the Other Cheek’ Seriously and Not Divorce?

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Greg discusses divorce and pacifism. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0203.mp3

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A Police Officer Questions Pacifism

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Police Officer: My theology totally lines up with your theology, except in one area: namely, your pacifism. I am a police officer, and it frankly seems obvious to me that there are times when it is…

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Cross-like Love and Non-Violence

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Cosmo Spacely via Compfight Though it seems to have been forgotten by many today, the cross wasn’t simply something God did for us. According to the NT, it was also an example God calls us…

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Memorial Day

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For Memorial Day, we thought we would repost Greg’s thoughts from 2007. In this post, Greg expresses his conflicted feelings over this holiday and gives a brief defense of Christian pacifism.  *** Hope you all had a…

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On the Language of “Revolution”

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Nick Thompson via Compfight Question: The banner of your website and the thrust of much of your teaching focuses on “revolution.” While I can see a radical call in some of the sayings of Jesus,…

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An Author Repents

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In 1969, 19 year old William Powell wrote the now classic The Anarchist Cookbook. He was very angry at the time that the US military was pursuing him to fight in the Vietnam War. It’s…

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Why Greg Can’t be Accused of Marcionism (Let’s Not Burn Him at the Stake Just Yet)

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Kristin Brenemen via Compfight Richard Beck posted a blog today entitled It’s the Same God: On Marcionism, Creeds, Hermeneutics and War. You’re going to want to take the time to read through it in its…

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You’re Not a Pacifist Are You?

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 Jayel Aheram via Compfight Brian Zahnd wrote a great piece the other day on this topic. He contends that when he is asked this question, it often has the same flavor of the question, “You’re…

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Greg’s Response to Driscoll’s “Is God a Pacifist” Part III

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This is the last of a three-part response to Mark Driscoll’s post, “Is God a Pacifist?” We’ve seen that, to prove that Jesus was not “a pansy or a pacifist” (meaning that Jesus was okay…

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Greg’s Response to Driscoll’s “Is God a Pacifist?” Part II

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 Waiting For The Word via Compfight To prove that “Jesus is not a pansy or a pacifist,” Driscoll by-passes the Gospels (understandably, given what Jesus has to say about the use of violence) and instead cites…

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Responding to Driscoll’s “Is God a Pacifist?” Part I

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I’m sure many of you have read Mark Driscoll’s recent blog titled “Is God a Pacifist?” in which he argues against Christian pacifism. I’ve decided to address this in a series of three posts, not because I think…

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Responding to Critics On A Pacifist View of the Syrian Crisis

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On September 3rd, I wrote a post entitled What I – a Pacifist – Would Say to Obama About the Syrian Crisis in response to a number of questions I was getting, and judging from the…

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What I – a Pacifist – Would say to Obama About the Crisis In Syria

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Over the last week many of you have written ReKnew asking me to weigh in on the crisis in Syria. Does being a pacifist mean that I am opposed to America violently intervening to keep…

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