tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995602.post6135857938032942078..comments2008-04-19T11:14:24.374-04:00Omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08664056566879773286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995602.post-65242330036207152182008-03-20T23:04:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:04:00.000-04:002008-03-20T23:04:00.000-04:00I read this a week ago and I keep thinking about it. I really needed to read this. I have really fallen down in terms of praying for my "enemies" be they here or there, small or large, known or unknown.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456733077542868694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995602.post-68313191130306584182008-03-20T11:26:00.000-04:002008-03-20T11:26:00.000-04:002008-03-20T11:26:00.000-04:00I love the idea of putting pictures in the Bible of people you are praying for. Thanks so<BR/>much for that!Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691715150100698476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995602.post-78070484868473434242008-03-13T17:55:00.000-04:002008-03-13T17:55:00.000-04:002008-03-13T17:55:00.000-04:00Hi; I found my way over here from the Sojourners blog . I've now forgotten how I was going to comment, having read the comment prior to mine. (I'm not quite clear on how military references in the Bible ameliorates our actions in war. Killing is killing. It's a commandment, I think. Then again, I'm liberal, I never read the Bible anymore...I'm sure <I>my</I> Div School professor Stanley Hauerwas covered that one, though...)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm looking forward to visiting more. Thanks for sharing your perspective!Aerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16910544981825122445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995602.post-79717939187838314512008-03-12T19:11:00.000-04:002008-03-12T19:11:00.000-04:002008-03-12T19:11:00.000-04:00hi omar, i've really enjoyed reading your posts...a friend just linked to your blog, and you've got QUITE a perspective/background from which to review the world's sociopolitical/religious climate. wow.<BR/><BR/>so, while i largely agree with you on this post, i wanted to point out that there are a LOT of "military" references in the bible. and there were a lot of warriors that God used mightily. sure lots of them were in the OT, and Christ definitely talks more about "turning the other cheek" than he does about violent men taking the kingdom by force in the NT, but...he DOES talk about it.<BR/><BR/>i suppose...because i grew up in a military family, and i have a brother-in-law in the air force and a guy in the army...that, uh...i'm speaking with...sort of...being pacifist or hating the government for their "war mongering ways" is not a luxury i've ever allowed myself. however, i WILL, 100% stand with you and laugh disbelievingly at the way some churches equate nationalism/patriotism w/ christianity. God bless america is not a worship hymn, people!<BR/><BR/>lastly, as my prof in college said, there are 3 God ordained "institutions" in the bible...i think they're marriage, family, and government in that order (if i'm recalling correctly). God's mandates for leadership are different between those categories, and a leader's responsibility to his family or his nation are different than they are to himself. it's a little different to turn someone else's cheek for them.gwynethwww.xanga.com/gwynethnoreply@blogger.com