This week, my last and
still much beloved non-Anglican church, Denton Bible Church, received a bomb
threat against their Christmas Eve service.
The response of the
pastor, Tommy Nelson, is exceedingly well balanced and a good example to
follow. Therefore, I reprint it in
full here.
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Take a knee...
Y’all,
Take a knee.
You’ve probably heard by
this time if you watch the news that we have had our first gen-u-ine bomb
threat. It came in the mail Monday afternoon from a gen-u-ine super villian.
Wouldn’t you know, it came 24 hours after I had boasted of our fair city’s
apathy versus Dallas’s tirades.
Anyway, though this
letter was not from Lex Luthor, The Joker or even The Penguin, we still must
take all threats seriously and we shall. We shall have Christmas Eve as always
but you will notice more folks at the entrances with more eyes. People write
such threats for two reasons. A hatred toward what you stand for and a desire
to disrupt through “terror” (hence the moniker), and also for the delight of
their 15 minutes. Someone is no doubt up early this morning watching Fox 4 and
chortling over their “beautiful wickedness” (c.f. Wicked Witch of the West).
We don’t yield to fear.
We are Christians. We rejoice to be counted “worthy to suffer for His name’s
sake.” Death and evil are conquered for us and our God sits supremely on the
throne. If it breathes we do not fear it. But like Nehemiah in Nehemiah 4 we
will build with a sword in one hand and a trowel in the other, with others on
the watch. We shall be vigilant until evil loses heart. But stop the work? Who
do men think we are? “Should a man such as I flee?!”
So, nothing changes. Come
on if you planned to do so. But, make things simple by not bringing a backpack,
a package, or some big bulky anything, lest a choir member frisk you or strip
search you. Nothing kills the Christmas spirit quicker.
Be praying that God be
glorified. See ya.
Tommy
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