Nonresistance Archives - AnarchoChristian

Everyone’s Violent Jesus

by AnarchoChristian | Apr 7, 2022 | All Posts, Bible, Nationalism, Non-Aggression, Nonresistance, War

It’s time to talk about Jesus making a whip and flipping over of tables. This passage is humorously referenced by many different theological and political sides, to support very different positions. Hence, why we have used the title, “Everyone’s Violent Jesus.” ...

The Execution of John Hooper

by AnarchoChristian | Jul 20, 2021 | All Posts, John Calvin, John Knox, Nonresistance

The execution of John Hooper, documented in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, is one of the saddest and most gut wrenching things you will ever read. How people can read of the persecutions of “the church” by “the church”, and think “the church” should wield “the sword” is...

The Case Against Political Means, Part 3

by AnarchoChristian | Jul 11, 2021 | All Posts, Anarchism, Bible, Mark West, Non-Aggression, Nonresistance, Patriotism, Politics, Voluntaryism

We’ve laid the foundation from Christ’s life, Part 1, and from the Tanak (Old Testament), Part 2, for why I believe it would be wise for Christians to avoid using political means to impose Christ’s kingdom. My view is that it is clear from the Old Testament texts and...

12 Quotes from Leo Tolstoy on Truth, Violence, and Government

by AnarchoChristian | Nov 6, 2020 | All Posts, Nonresistance, Tolstoy, War

Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828- 1910), more commonly known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer and philosopher. Tolstoy was born on a small family estate in Tula, Russia, an industrial city about 100 miles south of Moscow. The fourth of five children, Tolstoy...

The Early Church on War, Peace, and The State

by AnarchoChristian | Sep 29, 2019 | All Posts, Francis Schaeffer, Nationalism, Non-Aggression, Nonresistance, Podcasts, War

The Early Church on War, Peace, and The State (The following is a transcript from the AnarchoChristian Podcast Episode 41) Have you ever heard the phrase “the early church?” It’s typically used when referring to Christians during the years of AD 30 –...

My Declaration of Faithful Disobedience

by AnarchoChristian | Dec 19, 2018 | All Posts, Communism, Non-Aggression, Nonresistance

On December 9th, Pastor Wang Yi of China’s Early Rain Covenant Church, along with one hundred other members, was arrested for “inciting subversion of state power.” Foreseeing his arrest, Pastor Yi penned this letter, should he be detained for more...