We often hear critics use the Crusades to smear Christianity and define it as a religion of violence. Most Christians do not know how to respond to this, but the answer is simple: the so-called “Christian Crusaders” waged a religious war in Christ’s name, but their lives and behaviors and war acts contradicted Jesus’ teachings in the Bible. But critics also rarely discuss why the Crusades began in the first place. Unbiblically, the Crusades were the incorrect response from Ch