After two nights and roughly two days of relaxation way from the responsibilities of the home, and what was essentially a media black out, my wife and I returned to home to this headline:
Abortionist Tiller shot, killed in church
"Lord Jesus, what has just happened," was my next thought.
I have spend the last 24 hours considering what my response, the response of my family, and the response of the Church should be to this murder.
As I have considered this I have encounter the writings of two men on this subject that are worth reading.
The first, Doug Phillips of Vision Forum at:
George Tiller is Dead: For Whom Shall We Mourn?
In asking the question, "For Whom Shall We Mourn?" Mr. Phillips addresses the complexities of the situation which goes beyond simply the emotions involved on both sides of this this issue and gets to the core of this issues at hand.
The second, David Kupelian of WorldNetDaily.com:
The real danger of right-wing extremists
Mr. Kupelian addresses the long term ramlifications of events like the murder of George Tiller, which could be quite serious.
As I cannot truly add anything of value to what these to men have said, I end with saying,
Yes, I mourn for the lives which George Tiller has taken over the years.
And Yes, I mourn for the man George Tiller, made in the image of God, and for the loss his family is experiencing.
Yet . . . I also mourn for our Nation and the Lord's Church, who no longer stands with or for righteousness.
BE
Abortionist Tiller shot, killed in church
Doctor accused of late-term law violations was attending service
"Lord Jesus, what has just happened," was my next thought.
I have spend the last 24 hours considering what my response, the response of my family, and the response of the Church should be to this murder.
As I have considered this I have encounter the writings of two men on this subject that are worth reading.
The first, Doug Phillips of Vision Forum at:
George Tiller is Dead: For Whom Shall We Mourn?
In asking the question, "For Whom Shall We Mourn?" Mr. Phillips addresses the complexities of the situation which goes beyond simply the emotions involved on both sides of this this issue and gets to the core of this issues at hand.
The second, David Kupelian of WorldNetDaily.com:
The real danger of right-wing extremists
Mr. Kupelian addresses the long term ramlifications of events like the murder of George Tiller, which could be quite serious.
As I cannot truly add anything of value to what these to men have said, I end with saying,
Yes, I mourn for the lives which George Tiller has taken over the years.
And Yes, I mourn for the man George Tiller, made in the image of God, and for the loss his family is experiencing.
Yet . . . I also mourn for our Nation and the Lord's Church, who no longer stands with or for righteousness.
BE
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.(Heb 9:27-28 ESV)
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