May 23, 2016

Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside…
Ain’t gonna study war no more.

  1. Resist the temptation to conflate patriotism, especially American patriotism, with the gospel of Christ.
  2. Resist the temptation to shift the focus of a worship service from the Christian story to a civil observance.
  3. Resist the temptation to sing patriotic songs, preach patriotic sermons, show patriotic video clips, or choose any other acts of worship that tell a nationalistic story instead of a Christian one.
  4. Resist the temptation to suggest that love of country goes hand in hand with love of God.
  5. Resist the temptation to take Holy Scripture out of context in attempt to baptize nationalistic fervor.
  6. Resist the temptation to align military objective with the salvation of Christ.
  7. Resist the temptation to assume that the U.S. military is right and good in everything it does.
  8. Resist the temptation to speak, print, share, or tweet this kind of thing…

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