Religion and Preparedness
"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"Today I'd like to bring to your attention another blog which has the potential to be an interesting discussion: The Christian Survivalist: A Biblical View of Preparedness. The author's stated goal is...
- 1942 American patriotic song
"To provide a biblical view of how to prepare for disasters, large andExcellent things to consider and debate. While reading I was reminded of a college roommate who attended a bible study group on the topic - Christians and War. Several viewpoints were discussed:
small, so that the individual Christian, the Christian family, and the local Church can give glory to God in the midst of trying times, defend and provide for their families and church, be a blessing to other Believers who were not as prepared, to reach out to the lost with the Gospel while serving them in a crisis, and to preserve a Christian civilization for the future."
- Total pacifism (like the Quakers) based on "turn the other cheek".
- Limited Support (like serving in a MASH/medical unit but refusing to kill) based on "Rendering onto Caesar what is Caesar's" and "Thou shalt not kill".
- Full Support for a "just war" (carrying and using a gun to kill the enemy) based on the many wars God supported in the Old Testament.
What's your thoughts on the role of religion during wartime?
Bottom Line
Ezekiel 38:7 "Get ready; be prepared." Using BibleGateway.com I found 49 uses of the word prepared in the Old Testament. Twenty in the New Testament. While this blog focuses on worldly preparedness, it is also useful to consider your spiritual preparedness. The End will come like a thief in the night. Would you be ready?
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posted by Gary W Kibble at
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1 Comments:
Being of a conservative nature and growing up in the west, I don't really see the conflict between defending your country in times of war. But I can see how others feel conflict.
I think the best discussion or description of religion during warfare is found in the Anne Perry World War I series. The five books chronicle the experiences of a chaplain on the front line in the trenches during World War I. For me the question arises is how does one keep faith or maintain faith in such a period?
A few years ago, Brent and I were riveted by the t.v. series, Jericho, which portrayed a small-town in Kansas surviving a series of bombs that devestated most of the U.S. Each episode shows the citizens using ingenuity and intelligence to overcome obstacles of food shortage, dealing with nuclear fall-out, etc. I found the series fascinating and thought-provoking. The only thing I disliked about the series is that they largely ignored the role of the church in helping people cope emotionally,spiritually and physically with such a large-scale disaster.
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