by cjbartels.com | Oct 5, 2025 | BOOK – If You Are in the Armed Forces, This Is What The Bible Says About War, Obedience, and Conscience |
Strength, Sacrifice, and the Cross — A Soldier Understands More Than Most Soldiers understand something many civilians never have to learn: strength is not the opposite of sacrifice. Power is not proven by its use, but by restraint. And the highest form of authority...
by cjbartels.com | Oct 4, 2025 | BOOK – If You Are in the Armed Forces, This Is What The Bible Says About War, Obedience, and Conscience |
Christ and the Centurion – The Moment Of Truth If there were ever a moment for Jesus to condemn soldiering outright, it would have been when a Roman centurion stood before Him. The centurion was not a theoretical figure. He was not a metaphor. He represented occupying...
by cjbartels.com | Oct 3, 2025 | BOOK – If You Are in the Armed Forces, This Is What The Bible Says About War, Obedience, and Conscience |
What God Does With Blood on a Man’s Hands There is a moment many soldiers reach—sometimes years after service—when the question becomes unavoidable: What does God do with this? Not in theory. Not in doctrine. But with what has actually happened. With lives ended. With...
by cjbartels.com | Oct 2, 2025 | BOOK – If You Are in the Armed Forces, This Is What The Bible Says About War, Obedience, and Conscience |
Guilt Is Not Always Sin For many soldiers, guilt arrives long before theology does. It shows up uninvited—in quiet moments, in sleep, in memory. It attaches itself to faces, sounds, decisions, and outcomes that can no longer be changed. Over time, guilt begins to feel...
by cjbartels.com | Oct 1, 2025 | BOOK – If You Are in the Armed Forces, This Is What The Bible Says About War, Obedience, and Conscience |
Bearing the Sword Without Loving It One of the quietest lies soldiers are told—often unintentionally—is that if an action is permitted, it must also be painless. If Scripture allows force under certain conditions, then the reasoning goes, a faithful soldier should...
