The Age Sat 27-6

I was saddened to read of the gun toting Pastor in this a.m's Age.
It begs the question: do we let The Gospel inform our culture and bring about change, or do we allow culture to inform and change the Gospel?
Jesus was the supreme "non violent" man, even to the point of giving himself up to death on the Cross. His teachings in the Beatitudes [Matt Ch 5-7] and elsewhere in the N.T. speak of non violent responses and active peacemaking.
"Everyone who lives by the sword, dies by the sword".
Whilst there may well be a place for guns for self defence, e.g. WW2 against Fascism, Gospel believing Christians must work tirelessly for peace and non violent responses to all situations.
Jesus: "Blessed are the peacemakers..."


P.S.
I am not a good blogger - but I would be interested in your comments on the above