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# Mere Fidelity: Can Christians Ever Support War?
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/mere-fidelity-can-christians-ever-support-war/
- Published: 2015-03-09T15:54:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T20:31:38.000Z
- Description: Preston Sprinkle joins Mere Fidelity to discuss whether Christians can ever support war.
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Fidelity

Can Christians ever support war? That's the question we take up with special guest [Preston Sprinkle](https://twitter.com/prestonsprinkle?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [author of the widely praised book ](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1434704920/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1434704920&linkCode=as2&tag=mereorth-20&linkId=KKGC4JS2IXHXSZSO&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)[*Fight*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1434704920/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1434704920&linkCode=as2&tag=mereorth-20&linkId=KKGC4JS2IXHXSZSO&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)*.* It's a lively, feisty discussion of an important issue and we hope you listen in.

If you want reading from the other side, Nigel Biggar's [*In Defence of War*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198725833/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0198725833&linkCode=as2&tag=mereorth-20&linkId=ZHY4TTUPIJE6GWUW&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)is worth considering. (Disclosure: he's my advisor.) [You can see my own thoughts on it here](https://mereorthodoxy.com/defence-war-reflection/).

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