Why Christians Shouldn’t Join The Military If They Lack THIS

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Thinking about joining the military—or encouraging your child to? You need more than physical strength; you need spiritual stability. Discover the biblical filters every Christian must apply before signing that enlistment contract. Transformed Podcast Episode 163 | February 19, 2026 ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0	What is?
0:01.2	What is?
0:01.5	What is?
0:02.0	What is?
0:03.0	What is biblical counseling?
0:04.0	Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.
0:07.0	I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.
0:10.0	God replaced all my junk with, with a beautiful light.
0:14.0	God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.
0:19.0	The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.
0:23.1	This is Transform.
0:25.1	And now your host, assistant professor of biblical counseling at the Master's University
0:30.1	and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.
0:36.3	Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford and I am your host. And today we are
0:40.8	talking about joining the military. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I often get the question, should I join
0:51.0	or should I encourage my son to join? And I'm sure there are ladies that are interested
0:56.0	in joining the military, but that's just typically not been my experience of do they want to
1:01.3	join or do they not want to join? Most of the time, it's young men that are saying Dr. Gifford,
1:06.2	should I join? So let me tell you why that question comes my way. And before I jump in all the way,
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