The Christian Faces War

The most basic causes for reoccurring of war and rumors of war are man’s willing denials and disdain for God’s law. The last of the Ten Commandments, “Thou shall not covet,’’ is the basis for the violation of any other of God’s laws. So also covetous­ness is the basis for the preliminary causes of war and for war itself. Almost inevitably in every war, at least four other com­mandments are violated, especially the fifth, Honor thy Father and thy Mother,” the sixth, “Thou shalt not kill,” the...