Introduction
Luke 3:14
Luke 7:1-10
Acts 10
John 2:12-21
Conclusion

In this brief investigation we have not dealt with every New Testament proof-text against biblical pacifism, but we have dealt with the most common and the most significant ones. We looked at three arguments from silence—the silence of John to the soldiers, of Jesus to the Centurion, and of Peter to Cornelius. In the first [...]

After this he went down to Capernaum with his other and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. [...]

The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.” Talking with him, Peter [...]

When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. When they [...]

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

The Basic Argument
Here in Luke 3, John the Baptist is preaching repentance of sins and baptizing those who believe in his message of the coming kingdom of God. Various groups come [...]

When asked by a group of soldiers what they needed to do to prepare for the kingdom of God, John the Baptist did not tell the soldiers to disarm. When Jesus encountered a Roman Centurion, far from condemning his profession, Jesus actually commended the warrior’s faith! When Peter brought the kingdom of God to [...]

Over the next several days (perhaps weeks) I will be posting a 6 part series called “Resisting Nonresistance.” Parts I and VI will simply contain an introduction and a conclusion to the series. In each of parts II-V, I will answer common objections to pacifism, objections derived from New Testament proof-texts.
Part II will deal with [...]