CAN A CHRISTIAN PARTICIPATE IN WAR? JACK COTTRELL – JUNE 2016 Some Christians have believed that the sphere of God’s Kingdom and the sphere of civil government, though equally valid and necessary, are mutually exclusive. Thus no individual can consistently function in both at the same time. Pacifists who consider the state to be performing a necessary function still regard it as something evil or as necessarily using evil means to carry out its purposes. Thus when a person becomes a Christian, he can enter the Kingdom of God only by separating himself from the state. One must choose to … Continue reading →