When Is It Right to Fight?: A Penetrating Look at the Difficult Issues of Peace, Freedom, and Responsibility

By Robert A. Morey

Paul wrote to the Roman Christians, "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone" (Rom. 12:18). But what if it is not possible? What if others will not live at peace... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875523617
• ISBN13: 9780875523613
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Book of American’s propaganda

This book definitely are written by Americans propaganda for programming christians’s thoughts against Soviet Union. So obvious is threatening a reader by Soviet Union an KGB. I think it’s not appropriate in theological book. There is excessive stress on a war against tyrants. And we know that if someone wants he can depicts even God and Jesus as tyrants and starts war against Them. Some answers are to shallow.

Excellent refutation of the unbiblical idea of pacifism

The Bible teaches the rights of resistance. The Bible teaches self-defense. The Bible teaches that there are distinctions of governments. Self, family, church and state government. All of these governments are under God. God is the source of all authority and law. If anyone of these governments go outside of their jurisdiction as laid out in the Bible by God, then at that point, it can and should be resisted. Morey explains this in detail very well. I would recommend this book to the United States of America. Americans need to know again why our founding fathers did what they did and why it is the duty of Christians to stand against tyranny.

Best Defense of Just War Theory ever!

Bob Morey's book, "When is it Right to Fight," gives the greatest defense of the Just War Theory ever given. Also, it refutes pacifism and non-resistance and shows their unreasonableness. The book uses the Scripture to justify war in necessary circumstances.