A Statement on Peace . A Statement on Peace One of the great political and ethical issues of our day is the question of war and peace. It is both complicated and convoluted. Despair hovers around hears and minds, for millions expect a nuclear holocaust without the basic hope of afterlife or eternal life.
Today there is a new situation, unparalled in history.
Christians believe that war is the result of sin. Since the Fall of man, strife has been a perennial fact of human existence. Satan delights in war. . . . It is a diversionary tactic to interfere with the gospel task. While global conflict has been prevented during the past forty years, there have been perhaps 150 wars between nations and within nations, with millions perishing in these conflicts.