In the aftermath of the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump, we need to take stock of our toxic environment in America, the land where podcasters, politicians and pundits’ traffic in hate, corroding our culture. We know it’s a sin to be angry about things that don’t make God angry, but do we realize it’s also a sin not to be angry about things that make him angry?
Watching a demonically inspired 20-year-old discharge his weapon, intending to kill a U.S. president, murder a devoted husband and father at the scene, recognize an inexcusable lapse of security on the grounds plus continue having to put up with those incessantly bombarding us with rage-filled rhetoric and imagery of violence—it’s time to do as the Bible commands: “Be angry, yet do not sin”(Eph. 4:26a, BSB).
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Pastors can no longer play it safe, seeking to avoid addressing cultural issues like this, but instead must warn their flocks of what’s impacting them and their families as “watchmen on the wall.” Jesus told us we were to be “salt,” preventing cultural decay. “If the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand” (Ezek. 33:6, NKJV).
Exposing Evil
Hatemongers drum up vitriol on both sides of the political spectrum, but the latter leads the pack by regularly branding our former president as “Hitler … Nazi … racist … Fascist dictator … the enemy of democracy … MAGA extremist.” Should we be surprised when someone fueled by incendiary statements steps up to take him out? Biden himself recently told donors on a phone call, “We’re done talking about this debate. It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye!” (Note: Later he admitted it was a “mistake.“ but the damage was done.)
We can no longer look the other way or plead ignorance. Lives are at stake. The grieving sister of the husband and father shot as a bystander in the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally said, “This hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most.” The hatred is irrational, and the rhetoric is dangerous.
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