What I can’t bear, though, is the thought of preaching something I suspect might not be true. And on Sunday, September 11, 2011, I suspected that it might not be true that we should forgive evil, because when faced with evil, Jesus wants us to be holy doormats and say it’s OK. And I most certainly did not believe the other popular message preached from many an American pulpit that day: The United States has most-favored-nation status in the eyes of the Almighty, and God will vindicate the evil done to us and it is in that God we trust.
