“No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.” MenTwoIdeasChristianMilitarySoldier Author:William E. Woodward
“Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to fight the Turks and Saracens instead of sending those armies of dull-witted soldiers with whom they've long been carrying on war with no result.” IfsLongWarWholeShowsChristianFightingResultsAtheismArmySoldierPositive AtheismDullCarrying OnUndefeated Book:The Erasmus Reader Source: The Erasmus Reader
“A man can no more be a Christian without facing evil and conquering it than he can be a soldier without going to battle, facing the cannon's mouth, and encountering the enemy in the field.” MenChristianEvilChristianityEnemyFieldsBattleMouthsSoldierConquerCannons Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.” PeopleChristianReligionLeftPresidentChristSawsSonPrayingSoldierGravesTrialsMy SonBuriedGettysburgPray For Me Author:Abraham Lincoln