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*Author's Note* This is the last Truth in Two. Six years. 300 videos. I end with a warning:
At the beginning of the movie Boondock Saints, two young men are praying in church. During the service, they walk the middle aisle to kiss the feet of the crucified Jesus’ statue. The Catholic priest tells the story of Kitty Genovese who, in 1964, was stabbed to death as neighbors stood by doing nothing as she called for help. As the two Irishmen leave the auditorium, the Catholic priest is heard to say, “There is another kind of evil we should fear most and that is the indifference of good men.” As they exit the building one says to the other, “I do believe the monsignor gets it.”
How should we think about any injustice in the world? Peace is what we desire but peace does not come out of mid-air. There is no justice without a standard, and that standard is righteousness. Justice then forms the basis for peace, and, finally, peace establishes hope. We look for justice in this life. But notice what Proverbs 29:26 says: “Many seek the ruler’s favor, but justice for man comes from the Lord.” While we’re concerned for what happens now, we rest in the fact that ultimate justice, according to Psalm 73, will not take place until after this life.*
As I end this summer series, “What will you replace it with when it’s gone?,” I implore us all to carefully consider the consequences of the following: (1) giving the creation of laws to unelected government bureaucracies, (2) forgetting the original basis for law rests upon The Transcendent Lawgiver, and (3) accepting information given to us which does not consider all sides of a story. If we stand for permanent things, for justice, freedom, honesty, truthfulness, and transparency, our children and grandchildren will thank us. For the Comenius Institute, refusing to be indifferent, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found. [First published at MarkEckel.com]
*NOTE Some of the content of this essay was taken from my 17 November 2015 post at my earlier website WarpandWoof.org
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Mark, first, thank you so much for sharing your insights, wisdom and faith with us. I do not recall ever disagreeing with anything you have ever written.
Second, I am so sorry that this series is coming to an end. I am sure that I have not read 300, so will bookmark your websites for further readings.
Third, I will be in Lynchburg Friday Sept 19th, would you be available for an early AM coffee? It would be an honor to meet you.
Agreed.
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That be Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Aar.
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Thank you, Mark. Your posts have all been worth reading.
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Thank you for this, and especially for your statement of those three principles. I was going to write that they are particularly apt now, but they are apt in all times.
I think it will not weaken your argument to know that the original reporting on the Kitty Genovese case has been debunked, the actual story being quite different, though tragic. Perhaps we should call that reporting a violation of your third principle, and we will probably not be surprised that it was the New York Times that published it. https://www.history.com/topics/crime/kitty-genovese
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