Christians Must Love Peace, Even Now
With over 14,000 dead and many thousands more injured or displaced, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a present-day horror. Urban bombardment has devastated population centers, flattened hospitals, and driven …
Peace
When Humanitarianism Prolongs the Inhumane
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, by Samuel Moyn, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 400 pages, $30 There is a technology that could radically shrink, perhaps even …
James Madison: Universal Peace
In a little-known 1792 essay, James Madison recognized that “a universal and perpetual peace” is something that might never exist. But it is such an important goal that “every thing …
Swords into Plowshares: What WWI and Nagasaki Should Remind Us About Christmas
This guest post by Cody Cook. Cody Cook is a theology graduate student and the author of several books, including Fight the Powers: What the Bible Says About the Relationship …
Is a fight with ISIS a “just war”?
Drone Warfare and the Principle of Discrimination in the “War on Terror” Americans seem to have fully regained their appetite for war in the wake of the latest terrorist attacks …
How to End War – With the Olympics
The Olympic Games have historically represented a time of peace for the world. The sacred city of Olympia, the site of the games of ancient Greece, forbade the possession of …
JFK’s Peace Speech
Pat Buchanan has just published an article on President Kennedy’s Peace Speech at American University on June 10, 1963, just a few months before he was assassinated on November 22. …
Ep 231: Pacifism, Prophecy, and Praxis, with Todd Lewis
Todd Lewis joins us to discuss pacifism and why libertarian Christians should especially be interested in understanding this position further. Show Notes: Hear more of what Todd Lewis has to …
Justice, Power, and Boundaries
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” Lev. 19:15 It doesn’t take much time to notice that …
Jacques Novicow, Sociologist of Peace and Freedom
One of the most important classical liberal crusades of the nineteenth century was to at least tame, if not end, the death and destruction of war. From time immemorial, wars …