I just wanted to say one thing in light of the unpleasantness in Colorado this weekend:
Don’t go around thinking that whatever happens in the world of American suburban Christianity is automatically the most important thing on the face of the earth. Don’t go around saying that it’s the end times and the big persecution is here just because some nutjob went postal down at the local megachurch.
There is a lot of persecution of Christians going on in other parts of the world today. We don’t hear about it because the only news/media outlets which report that sort of things are the few in number which are specifically dedicated to reporting that sort of thing. But it does happen. And if you think this was persecution, well there are plenty of believers from other parts of the world who could tell you stories that would make you want to just sit down and shut up.
Man please.
I’ve said it before on this blog and I think it bears repeating in light of this weekend’s events: We who live here in the world of suburban American evangelical Protestant-dom are NOT the end-all, be-all of what God is doing in the world.
