A Safe View of War

I was so touched when Norman Schwarzkopf, general of the Desert Storm allied forces, was interviewed by Ted Koppel. The general won my respect in a profound ...

A Model of Obedience

Never excuse. Never explain. Never complain.

Nothing to Fear

During the war, a chaplain asked a severely wounded youth if he was a Christian. The soldier gasped, "Yes." The chaplain said, "Then you have nothing ...

Behind Enemy Lines

While carrying tracts to Union troops, one preacher was seized by Confederates as a spy.

John Vassar distributed tracts for the American Tract Society ...

Christ's Courageous Example

During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They'd been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy ...

Francis the Peace-Maker

Peace-loving Francis of Assisi joined the Fifth Crusade in Egypt, though he did not fight. He risked his life crossing enemy lines to preach to Muslim ...

Christians Justify Violence

The majority of Christians over 2,000 years have believed that violence may be justified under certain circumstances.

A Flag of Rags

In the final years of our imprisonment, the North Vietnamese moved us from small cells with one or two prisoners to large rooms with as many as 30-40 ...

Revival During the Civil War

Major revivals broke out in the Civil War armies. In the Union Army, between 100,000 and 200,000 soldiers were converted; among Confederate forces, approximately ...

Forgotten War

When religion is in a state of quiet and prosperity ... the soldiers of the church militant will then tend to forget they are at war. Their ardor slackens ...