I am so refreshed by the heart from you guys, truly, like I was expecting us to come to this

from a different perspective and to hear the tension and the lament behind the reality that war

is an unfortunate consequence to the fall. It's a part of the life that we live in and waiting

for the kingdom to come

that is both here and not yet. And to those who are listening, I want to offer just a connection

to the gospel. Why should we as Christians be hesitant to agree with war? Man, like we just

talked about Iran and how much they hate America, death to

America. The heart of every single man wages war on God in the same way that Iran wages war on

us. And our heart of hearts, we're saying death to God, death to God. We are that World War II war monger that wants control of the world away from God.

And God does not drop a bomb on us.

He could, but instead he offers peace.

He bears the violence of the world.

He doesn't return it.

The gospel calls us to be peacemakers because God first

made peace with us. So why when we hear Iran saying death to America, should we still lament the

unfortunate reality that we may have to go to war with them? Because we know that we said death to God

and he offered peace. Wow.

The other day, I was going on the very humble four-mile walk that my wife, Rachel, and I go on regularly, in all humility.

And as we were on our four-mile walk, the year Belinda walking trails, Mark, aren't they

glorious?

They're nice.

They're glorious.

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