https://whathesaid.com/2010/08/04/jesus-and-ptsd/ Making the words of Jesus Christ easy to read and explore Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://whathesaid.com/2010/08/04/jesus-and-ptsd/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:30:08 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=543#comment-750 A larger question it seems to me is whether Christians should be in the military in the first place, either as soldiers or as chaplains. The call of Christians to be peacemakers by taking up their cross, aided by the grace of baptism, precludes the intentional killing and slaughter of other persons. Rather than worrying about counseling for PTSD or about military chaplaincy, the Church is called to help Christians be formed into a community of peace, a community of disciples who through nonviolent love and self-sacrifice can help bring the seed of peace into the world. Peace was won by Christ on the cross. We are called to share in this gift of peace through “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Gal 5:22), not through military might.

]]> https://whathesaid.com/2010/08/04/jesus-and-ptsd/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:03:22 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=543#comment-705 There are many God fearing, God believing people in this world. The forefathers of our constitution believed in God and His influence in everything they did. Those who have accepted Jesus as their Savior have no better place to turn to, along with professional, monitored instruction for help with PTSD. I 100 percent agree with Col. Holdridge.

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