Though many may rightfully disagree due to the gross misappropriation of the mission, the point of Christianity is not solely to plant the name of the concept; the point is to plant the substance of the concept. I don't care who you say you are. I care about what you do! What does spreading Christianity mean? What does advancing the Kingdom of God mean? When we say we are waging war, what and who are we waging against? Principalities and rulers? Spirits and ideas? Ephesians 6:12 (KJV) says: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." We are waging war against the spirits and ideas that drive and inform principalities and rulers, not necessarily the principalities and rulers themselves. Perhaps we should refrain from waging war against people and take arms against (sometimes our own) spiritual wickedness, for our battle is not of flesh and blood.
