How Should Christian's Respond to the Death of Osama Bin Laden?
There is no denying this has been an historic week. After an unprecedented Sunday night press conference in which the President announced that a successful military strike had killed the world's most wanted terrorist, the peanut gallery lit up and the opinions started flying. While some celebrated in the streets, others opined on their blogs, Facebooks, and Twitter accounts about the brutality of the Team 6 force and how they should've taken him captive to face trial, yadi yadi yadi.
And while the issue, at least to me, appears to be fairly cut and dried (he's admitted to murdering mass amounts of innocent people, and promised to do it again if given the chance), there is still the need for careful thinking when it comes to how we process, understand, and respond to this issue from a biblical worldview.
Below are several excellent articles from careful thinkers to help you think critically about how Christians should respond to the death of Osama Bin Laden...
Christianity Today: The Death of Osama Bin Laden: What Kind of Justice Has Been Done?
Resurgence...Loving Our Enemies
John Piper: Is God Glad Osama Bin Laden is Dead?
Kevin DeYoung: Osama Bin Laden and the Value of Justice
Greiving, Rejoicing that Osama Bin Laden is Dead
And a quote from D.A. Carson in 2002:
He is an evil man, and he must be stopped, but he is a man, and we should take no pleasure in destroying him. Vengeance is the Lord’s alone.
Do not offer the alternative, “Should we weep for Osama bin Laden or hold him to account for his genocide and prevent him from carrying out his violent intentions?”
The right answer is yes.
HT:JT
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