Comments on: A Lifestyle of War

By: hazey

hazey — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

i ran across this a few weeks ago.
kind of fitting for this thread.

http://www.geocities.com/savageparade/poj a simplified summary of John H. Yoder’s classic book: The Politics of Jesus

of course you won’t let me add the hyper link… blah. =) i understand you have to deal with the spammers…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is this the Alan Hartung from Yellowcreek Lake? If it is, this is Marc Bowyer from there as well. If not, nevermind.

I forgot you were out here in CA somewhere. I’m in San Fernando Valley…work at Shepherd of the Hills in Porter Ranch. Drop me a line. marc at strobealific dot com.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Marc! How’s life, man? I am the one and the same Alan Hartung from Yellowcreek Lake…

By: st. valdez

st. valdez — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Really appreciate this post Alan. I've had questions about the war in Iraq since it first became a rumor. While questions about the war rage on in my mind, there is no question for me about supporting our troops. They are simply doing what has been required of them by our nation, and for that they deserve our utmost respect and support.

I've never been able to put a christian label on the war, but for our country, fighting terror makes sense to me. I did read a comment on another blog about how we should love our enemies, even these particular enemies we call terrorists. My question to that is how or where do you begin to fleshout a love for these types of enemies who only wish to kill you if given a chance? What would that look like? I wouldn't even know where to start.

Good thoughts in your post. Peace to you.

By: Mike Morrell

Mike Morrell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Heck yeah, brother. See the link above for a lot of Christian peacemaking resources I’ve managed to find…sadly they’re too few.

Here’s another resource: The new Colossians “anti-commentary,” Subverting The Empire: http://www.stjohnadulted.org/colossians.htm

By: lucas

lucas — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

have you read “The Powers That Be” by walter wink?? i finally found a theology of non-violence after reading it. before that i just “felt” pacifist. now i have some answers. so what led you to pacifism?

By: + Alan

+ Alan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Pacifist Alans of the world unite!

Keep making people think it through man.