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Originally Posted by mizpeh
Please lay aside everything you think about Greg Boyd especially the negative things and listen with an open mind.
A message by Greg Boyd on War and Peace.
http://whchurch.org/blog/11686/war-and-peace
"...when we fight against other human beings, we are being played by the powers"
"...the primary way we fight the principalities and powers is by refusing to make another human being our enemy...to refuse to ever not love another human being...that is itself warfare against the principalities and powers."Boyd |
I disagree with all four statements here attributed to Boyd.
1. God commanded people to fight against other people. His servants were not "being played by the powers".
2. Refusing to make another human being our enemy is not the primary way we fight the powers and principalities. The primary way is through the proclamation of the gospel of God's kingdom.
3. Obedience to the command to love our neighbor is not the primary way we fight the powers either, although it certainly is a requirement in serving God and all mankind are obliged to love their neighbor.
4. Loving one's neighbor and refusing to fight other people are not themselves " warfare against the powers" etc. If that's the case then Christ, the gospel, and the Word are irrelevant to Christian warfare.
Christian warfare against the powers is ideological and spiritual. It involves heralding the gospel of the kingdom of God, teaching the nations to obey Christ and all his commandments.