Medium (20-45 mins)
Ethics
Evangelical
Podcast: The Christian Just War Tradition
Theologian
J. Daryl Charles
Duration
43.36
Uploaded to YouTube
8 January 2020
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
Was President Trump right to order the drone attack on Iran's top general? That's a national policy question, a question of prudence. Here is a more important question from a Christian perspective: Was the drone strike just? Can any act of war be just? Today on the BreakPoint Podcast, John Stonestreet welcomes Dr. J. Daryl Charles, an expert on the Christian just war tradition. What conditions must be met before going to war? And what conditions must be met in conducting a war? Is pacifism a defensible Christian position?
