Faith under fire: Following Christ in the military, with Maj Gen Tim Cross

About this episode

Tim Cross discusses the intersection of faith and military service, reflecting on his experiences and the need for Christians in the armed forces.

Tim Cross joined the British army as a teenager, and served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kuwait, the Balkans and eventually commanded tens of thousands during the Iraq war. But how did he reconcile his faith in Jesus with his job to lead men into battle, and, if necessary, to kill? In this episode we reflect with Tim on his time in uniform and his conviction that we need more Christians in the military, not less. And we consider our contemporary volatile and violent world, the current wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East, and what our faith has to say in the face of all of this. • You can send in your questions for us to discuss on the podcast, or ideas for future episodes, to molad@premier.org.uk • Subscribe to the Matters of Life and Death podcast: https://pod.link/1509923173 • If you want to go deeper into some of the topics we discuss, visit John's website: http://www.johnwyatt.com • Find some of Tim's journalism and sign up for free to his weekly church news newsletter The Critical Friend: https://tswyatt.com • For more resources to help you explore faith and the big questions, visit: http://www.premierunbelievable.com

People in this episode

Guest: Tim Cross

Topics covered

• faith and military
• Christianity in warfare
• personal conviction
• contemporary conflicts
• leadership in battle
• spirituality in the military

Keywords

• faith
• military
• Christianity
• Iraq war
• leadership
• conflict
• spirituality
• Tim Cross

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British army

Places: Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kuwait, the Balkans, Iraq, Ukraine, the Middle East

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