Unnecessary Roughness

Football is a violent sport. Every play is fraught with danger, up to the point of a permanent injury and even death. There’s a penalty for unnecessary roughness. Penalties hurt your team, so losing yardage is a pretty good deterrent to bad behavior.

In 1993, scores of federal agents descended on Mt. Carmel in Waco, Texas to arrest the Branch Davidians leader, David Koresh. When the assault was over, 82 people were dead, including 28 children. It didn’t have to happen. You see, Koresh played guitar at the local Pizza Inn every Friday night. The FBI knew this. They could have arrested him there and innocent people would still be alive.

People fall down, they fail others. Two days ago, Dr. Tony Evans resigned as the Senior Pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, a position he held for 48 years. His reason? Sin. Evans is a brilliant teaching Pastor, and he’s had a great impact on my life. Now there are some who are piling on his downfall, celebrating it for some perverted reason. I won’t be joining them.

If someone is hurting, let’s not be like the crowd and add to their pain. Give them encouragement and support. Be the one…