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Is there something known as godly self-defense? Our guest today, recounts a story he told us a while ago. It pertains to a church, where terrorists came on the scene inside the church, and opened fire with automatic weapons, grenades, and intended to torch the church with people still in it. One of the brave men in the church was armed and knew what to do. By his swift action, many lives were saved to the glory of God. Another man in the congregation fell onto a grenade to save the lives of many around him. Another man used his own body as a shield to save two other congregants from automatic fire.

Contrasted with these proactive steps at saving the lives of others, by contrast, what about the pacifist route? And what obligation do we have to our immediate families? What actions bring more glory to God? Another factor is that America is unique because we have a Bill of Rights with the 2nd amendment. This established law of the land recognizes our right to defend life and places a strict boundary on the state to not infringe upon our rights to bear arms. This was especially important to our Founders who had just won a war against Great Britain. Part of that history is that the Crown at the time, attempted to disarm the regular people, and so, it was important to document these God-given rights to self-defense and the protection of life thereby. Our guest also briefly touches upon Magna Carta of 1215, effectively the first written constitution in European history. Participants: Dr. Peter Hammond, Dan Elmendorf