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Military Service and War

We believe that Christians are forbidden by the commandments of God from taking human life directly or indirectly and that bearing arms is contrary to this fundamental belief. Therefore, we believe that Christians should not voluntarily become engaged in military service. If they are involuntarily engaged in military service, we believe they should refuse conscientiously to bear arms and, to the extent possible, refuse to come under military authority (Exodus 20:13; Matthew 5:21-22; 1 Corinthians 7:21-23; Acts 5:29).

The way of God is the way of love, sacrifice and sharing (Romans 12:1,10). The teaching of God for an individual regarding the taking of human life is summed up in the Sixth Commandment, which says, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13). Christ repeated a great principle when He said, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39). Paul said, "Love does no harm to a neighbor" (Romans 13:10).

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Table of Contents that includes "Military Service and War"

Military service:

• _A Page on the World: The Faith of the American Soldier
• _Does It Really Matter What You Believe?
• _Should a Christian Fight?

• _Global War Will Strike Again
• _The Lord of the Refugees
• _"Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore"
• _"'Peace, Peace!' When There Is No Peace
• _The Little Country That Could
• _To Tell the Truth
• _World News Review Jul 2001
• _A 20th Century Retrospective:The Shot Still Reverberating Around the World
• _Political Correctness Hides the Truth
• _When 'The Great Game' Is Over
• _Asking the Tough Question: Has Religion Failed?
• _The Majority: Unknowing, Unaware and Unconcerned
• _Two Men and a Valley
• _A Brief History of America at War
• _What Have We Learned?
• _Has the Third World War Already Begun?
• _The Working Energy of Faith
• _60 Years After the War in Europe
• _Seeing It With Your Own Eyes
• _Food Insecurity in a Hungry World
• _War's Long Memory
• _War and Peace
• _"I Will Fight No More Forever"
• _Wars of Religion: An Ancient Scourge Reborn
• _The Coming New Religion
• _Jesus Christ's Olivet Prophecy: Where Are We Now?
• _Introduction (GK)
• _War and Peace in the Middle East
• _A World Plagued With Human Suffering
• _Story Flow of the Book of Revelation
• _Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore
• _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Mar/Apr 1997
• _Deadly Diseases: Again a Threat to Humanity?
• _Instant Epidemics: The New Breed of Weapons
• _When Will Mankind Find Peace?
• _Staying Alert in a Dangerous World: India and Pakistan
• _Will History Repeat Itself?
• _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002
• _Coming Calamities: Does God Offer Protection?
• _2003: The Storm Clouds Gather
• _'I Hope We've Learned Our Lesson ...'
• _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Red Horse of War
• _What's at the Root of War?
• _Wars: The Chief Man-made Disaster
• _60 Years After World War II: What Have We Learned?
• _War & Peace
• _Wars of Religion: A Scourge Reborn
• _Know Jesus, Know Peace
• _The End of War, Terror and Other Bad Stuff
• _Man is a Wolf to Man
• _A Personal View of the Kosovo Conflict
• _Peace on Earth?
• _When Will the Middle East Find Peace?
• _Children of War
• _Bomb Squad: Removing War's Deadly Aftermath
• _War to End All Wars
• _World War II: A View From Underground
• _The Wonderful World Beyond Today! Part 4: War and Peace