I do not know much of anything about the Crusades. So, reading this book has enlightened me a little bit. But, I am still lost and confused and convicted about the whole entirety of the Crusades. To me, even though these men were fighting for God, it seems like their actions and their beliefs do not reflect that. I know it was war, so fighting and killing was expected, but how does that make sense when one of the Commandments is "Thou shalt not murder"? I understand in the Old Testament that God called people to war to defend Him and his kingdom, but does Jesus tell us to do the same in the New Testament? He tells us in Matthew 5 during his Sermon on the Mount, that we should give someone our other cheek if they slap you. So, should we have gone to war with those people? Or instead of fighting, should we have taken that time to disciple the lost instead of brutally slay and kill them?
I just feel very conflicted and convicted about the Crusades, and even war today.

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