tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post7135828848077225019..comments2024-01-30T11:58:34.293-05:00Comments on Every Square Inch: Should We Celebrate the Death of Osama Bin Laden?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-71182008135147655902011-05-15T02:15:52.123-05:002011-05-15T02:15:52.123-05:00...like the Auca Indian tribe and Jim Elliot (hims......like the Auca Indian tribe and Jim Elliot (himself a Christian pacifist, by the way), whose killer his grandchildren now call grandpa. What if justice would have been done according to this world's terms? Yes, spelled out in scripture, but in Jesus is now the way of the cross and reconciliation for all. Sorry for all these words. I'll stop here.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02692748462514869882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-44712196917571764982011-05-15T02:11:58.031-05:002011-05-15T02:11:58.031-05:00Appreciate your take and thoughts. Glad for the Ch...Appreciate your take and thoughts. Glad for the Christians who do not rejoice over this. Though those oppressed do rejoice when the wicked's destructive hand is stopped. <br /><br />I guess I see justice on a certain level done, no doubt, albeit arguably not perfectly.<br /><br />But as followers of Jesus we are to advocate a justice which seeks reconciliation for all in this life. A good example of how that might be done in a government of this world is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa which dealt with no less than murderers to bring some kind of closure and even reconciliation where possible.<br /><br />That is in part from scripture why I oppose the death penalty today, and war in general. Or at least hopefully better put, I would be among those who would advocate by hopefully showing the better way in Jesus. A way which seeks reconciliation for all to God. By showing that among ourselves. A higher way set in the world in God's kingdom come in Jesus for the here and now.Ted M. Gossardhttp://communityofjesus.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-35240249169164642112011-05-10T21:33:07.874-05:002011-05-10T21:33:07.874-05:00Halfmom - thx for reposting on FB. This was a po...Halfmom - thx for reposting on FB. This was a post I didn't want to write to quickly - it's not so easy to reconcile emotions that resonate with putting a stop to an evil man.<br /><br />lorenzo-I understand the sentiment. Yet God calls each sinner to repentance - we cannot at the end say "I never had a chance to repent" nor " I had no time"Every Square Inchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636924397725214300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-78797882405911938522011-05-10T08:14:36.945-05:002011-05-10T08:14:36.945-05:00Read this with interest.
One point of view might s...Read this with interest.<br />One point of view might say that Bin Laden wasn't given time to repent. There is more rejoicing in heaven over the repentance of one sinner.....lorenzothellamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10248039576046971460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951012.post-14900332551073846382011-05-10T07:32:17.589-05:002011-05-10T07:32:17.589-05:00reposted through my FB account - I too cringed at ...reposted through my FB account - I too cringed at the shouts of "hooray".Halfmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06335655101343184062noreply@blogger.com