THE LIVESTREAM - Military Service in a Nation That’s Lost Its Way

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Dying for your country has always been considered honorable. But what if “your country” sends you to die—not to defend your hometown—but to keep shipping lanes open for multinational corporations in the Red Sea?

Many Christians still see military service as a badge of patriotism, a way to protect home and uphold duty. And with Pete Hegseth now scrubbing the ranks of DEI policies, removing rainbow flags from barracks, and halting transgender enlistment, some believe the military is finally turning a corner. But we need to ask: turning toward what?

Because beneath the optics of reform, the machinery still grinds forward—sending Christian sons into foreign deserts and oceans to enforce someone else’s “order,” while our own border remains porous and undefended.

Here’s our argument: Defending your homeland is biblical. Dying for your neighbor is noble. But joining a military that may send your son to fight for diversity slogans—or for the GDP of foreign nations—is not just a personal choice. It’s a moral and theological question that Christian families can no longer ignore.

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So—should you encourage your sons to serve? Or is the current military still too compromised to entrust with their lives? We’ll walk through the recent reforms, the foreign entanglements, and what Scripture has to say about loyalty, love of country, and the just use of force.

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0:17.2	that this ministry is willing to talk about things that most ministries aren't.
0:21.8	We need this content for the glory of God to reach more people's ears.
0:27.1	Dying for your country has always been considered honorable.
0:30.5	But what if your country sends you to die not to defend your own homeland, but to keep
0:36.6	shipping lanes open for multinational corporations
0:39.6	in the Red Sea. See, many Christians still see military service as a badge of patriotism,
0:47.3	a way to protect home and uphold duty. And with Pete Hedgeseth, now scrubbing the ranks of DEI policies, removing rainbow
0:56.7	flags from barracks, and halting transgender enlistment, some believe the military is
1:02.6	finally turning a corner. But what we need to ask is this, turning toward what? Because beneath
1:09.8	the optics of reform, the machinery still grinds forward,
1:14.4	sending Christian sons into foreign deserts and oceans to enforce someone else's order,
1:21.0	while our own border remains porous and undefended. Here's our argument.
1:26.8	Defending your homeland is biblical. Dying for your neighbor
1:30.6	is noble. But joining a military that may send your son to fight for diversity slogans or for the
1:38.2	GDP of foreign nations is not just a personal choice. It's a moral and theological question
1:45.3	that Christian families can no longer ignore.
1:48.9	This episode is brought to you
1:50.8	by our premier sponsors,
1:52.7	Armored Republic and Reese Fund,
	...

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