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He trusts that his country will support him with supplies, ammunition, enthusiasm, and with prayers. He trusts that the weapons he uses, and in which he has been trained, will perform. If he has not that, he cannot be a soldier. Now let us address the reality. How many of you have thought of yoursel
In the idea of a soldier we are confronted with various deeply important relations to which it is our duty to give constant attention, if the idea and the—duty of military service is not to degenerate into a base brutal libertinism. As soon as we speak of the soldier in the accepted sense, we are im
We are called as soldiers of Jesus Christ—not to fight with any earthly weapons, but to bear hardship, not being entangled with the affairs of this life, but to fight the good fight of faith (II Timothy 2:3; I Timothy 6:12). And we understand that a soldier is subject to great dangers. But in runnin
Outside of one building is a line of soldiers waiting for the door of the mess hall to open. In a field we see a group of soldiers playing ball, a little farther are several going through drill practice or calisthenics. Alongside the road may be seen soldiers waiting for a ride, army buses, often dr
We are called to be soldiers of the cross; to fight the good fight of faith. When a country prepares for war, who are chosen for soldiers? The young people! The strength of a country is its youth. They certainly need the wisdom of seasoned warriors, but warriors are trained from their youth. So also
He was handpicked by the commander. Such a man then is devoted to the commanding officer. He wants to please him and do well in battle. He's trained for the work of being a soldier, and he goes off to battle, fighting day after day. Every morning, he rises up and prepares for the battle, and h
The next few verses of this chapter use the picture of a soldier to illustrate the things God gives to His people to get them through the Christian life. Think of Paul, sitting in prison. Roman soldiers walked past him again and again. Although the only enemy of these particular fighting men was a f
We often speak of the boys in the armed forces as being in service. Everything about them, their dress, training and manner of life, indicates that they are enrolled among those who have been called to serve their country in this present crisis. And of course, the boys themselves know this better th
You would think that we would not have much in common with soldiers sitting in a foreign country fighting a war some fifty years ago. We get up in the morning, go to work and return again in the usual way day after day. Our lives for the most part are rather stable. But we are at war. And we must al
May that be the fundamental reason with our boys in the army, because that is the only reason that actually holds weight and is able to make them strong in the face of temptation. Even at home many already fear the perils of war. In times-past death stalked the battle fields, counting among its pre