When faith is turned into a weapon for war, we know we have gone off the rails and are nowhere near Jesus. When killing schoolchildren prompts a shrug and is chalked up to 'the cost of war'—we have aggrieved God. Jesus preached nonviolence and love for one’s enemies, urging us to turn the other cheek and embrace compassion (Matthew 5:39, 44). When extremists like Pete Hegseth hijack these teachings to justify violence, they are literally the Christian version of those who flew the planes into the World Trade Center.