Should Christians Fight in War? Mennonites, Catholics & What the Bible Says

Relish: a Christian podcast · Aug 6, 2026 · 21m · transcript

Christians often agree on the gospel while disagreeing on difficult questions of ethics and church practice. Why?

In this episode of Relish, Rowan Miller, Don Patterson, and Grant Bender examine three major areas where Christians reach different conclusions from Scripture.

They discuss biblical care for the poor, the debate over just war and Christian pacifism, and Catholic and Mennonite views of baptism. Along the way they consider Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian involvement in public life, and several key biblical passages including the Good Samaritan, 1 Peter, 1 John, and John 3.

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