Spiritual Self-Defense

John Thomas
Nov 2 · 5 min read

How Confronting Christianity turns our culture’s attacks on faith upside down.

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Jujutsu, the well-known Japanese martial art that was developed nearly a millennium ago, incorporates a variety of techniques for practitioners to use in defense against opponents. Blocks, strikes, throws, and sweeps are all part of a jujutsu student’s arsenal. But perhaps the element of most interest in jujutsu is its emphasis on using an…

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Reader I Writer I Thinker I Words at The American Conservative, The Federalist, and Christianity Today. I write at medium.com/soli-deo-gloria.

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