Pacifism

Ethics & Morality
Should Christians be pacifists?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 8, 2026August 11, 2026
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 12047. Christian pacifism is one of those positions I find myself respecting far more than I agree with. The people I have known who held it were not soft-headed idealists. They were serious believers who had read the Sermon on the Mount and decided to take Jesus at His word, whatever it cost them,…
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Ethics & Morality
What about war?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas May 16, 2026August 9, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 12006 Just war thinking has been the settled position of most Christians for something like sixteen centuries, and yet I find that very few believers could tell you what it actually claims. War is one of the most painful realities in human history, and the Christian conscience has never been comfortable with it. Nor…
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Should Christians be pacifists?