Love Your Enemies
44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you Matthew 5:44 How much love do you have for Emanuel Kidega Samson who shot several at a church service at Burnett Chapel Church on Sunday? How much love do you have for members of ISIS? Those are philosophical questions for most because like me you don’t know anyone directly impacted. That is not always the case. On the evening of September 15, 1999, just before 7:00 pm, a crazed gunman entered Wedgwood Baptist Church and opened fire, killing seven and wounding seven. Among those were youths who were attending a youth activity, a “Saw You at the Pole” prayer rally. From the time he entered the building, the gunman fired over 100 rounds from two different handguns and exploded a homemade pipe bomb in the Worship Center where the youth activity was being held. The gunman then sat down in the back of the Worship Center and ended his own life. 1 Friends of Karen and I were members ...