We make the case for salvation by grace through faith in Jesus and set it against the record of religious conquest and coercion. We walk through early Islamic expansion, the New Testament ethic of “put away the sword,” Galatians’ warning about other gospels, and the Crusades.

• Christ’s exclusive claim and assurance of salvation
• Why alternate religious systems cannot add to grace
• Works-based hope versus confidence in the gospel
• Early Islamic conquests and the logic of the sword
• Jesus rebukes violence and chooses the cross
• Galatians cautions against another gospel
• Crusades as a warning about power and religion
• Modern perceptions and a call to personal trust

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