Dilemmas Faced by Christians in the Military

Many prayers today include blessings to soldiers. It is not important that the demands of the army come to prayer; it may be on the way or at the end, but it sounds like this: "God bless our troops and safely return home Everyone wants to go home safely, but this is a very common prayer.They do not know what to really say, so people use the verb "blessing" I will. What does "blessing" mean? Some people can contact soldiers, but most people can not contact.

In my opinion, the dilemma that Christians faces in this turmoil in the new century is finding ways to trace the way between the two trends I have considered. On the one hand, there is a sense that Christian faith, values, and spirituality are nothing but human structures - they are only products of the power of nature. On the other hand, we discovered a kind of worship urge to worship everything, worship everything and worship the gods of our culture. How can I negotiate this tight rope creatively? Therefore, we propose that we need to face both directions. We must engage in the future, but in order to do it in good faith we must tackle dialogue with the past. Of course, this is very out of place. As Tom Oden did once said, modern society is "hatred" to the past, today it is worship, tomorrow is worship, yesterday is disliked, disliked by the ancients.

Not all Christians face this dilemma. Carvinists avoid it by rejecting the traditional (liberalistic) concept of free will and so-called "opening up" refuses to accept the idea of ​​God about everything in the future. But for those in between these two extremes - this is the majority of believers - the problem still exists. One of the most common ways that defenders try to solve problems is to know only what someone does and not to prevent them from doing it at will. For example, if I find a $ 100 invoice on the sidewalk, you will pick it up, but I may know that it is not because you are not free to do so Hmm. You can avoid taking money; just as I know you do not want to do it. Similarly, some people insist that God's understanding of what you want to do tomorrow does not mean your decision is not free.