"Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS. Praise ye the Lord."
The two thousand year history of the Christian church is a civilizing history -- via the power of the gospel and the majesty of the law and the righteous use of the sword. The version you've witnessed for the last five decades is a sickly, neo-pietist, circle-jerk -- collective cowardice and political apathy masquerading as holiness.
Christians, historically, civilized savage Celts, Gauls, Aztecs, and Iroquois. Christians deposed pagan kings and tribal lords. Christians put an end to widow burning and head hunting and ritual torture, and, eventually, slavery. Biblical Christians in the Reformation introduced widespread literacy, which brought about awe-inspiring strides in science, medicine, and living conditions. Christians made "leisure" possible and capitalism humane.
It's time to get back to the REAL thing. "All Authority in Heaven AND ON EARTH is Given unto Me.."
