Violence and warfare are not problems for one culture or for one time. Even though mankind has progressed in multiple arenas, we still can’t quite figure out how to get along. Countless solutions to violence in society have been proposed, but they only provide surface level treatments or short lived remedies. None provide a long-lasting or permanent solution. And somehow, in the middle of the mess is the Kingdom of God.

Christians of all stripes seek to live lives informed by the Bible. But as we’ve talked about in other episodes, that is more easily said than done. After all, the Bible is an ancient collection of books that were written in a different time and place than modern-day America. But how do we apply ancient wisdom to the incessant problem of warfare and violence?

In this episode we ask: What are the views of violence in the New Testament versus the Old Testament? Can the Biblical narratives of local warfare help us navigate socio-politics given the global scale at which war can now be waged? All that and more on this edition of the podcast.