Putting on 'The Whole Armor'
It is obviously futile to try to protect a citizen's right to bear arms from the erosion of political corruption and demagoguery without also, at the same time, helping to protect the citizenry from becoming theologically disarmed. The whole armor (Eph. 6:10-20) is essential.
... we’ve come up with what represents about 20 million people who are favorable in the Muslim world to ISIS and that’s counting just three of the 11 countries cited in the report. What we’re looking at here is a vast collision of worldviews and one that secular leaders in Europe and in the United States starting in the White House seem to be incapable of understanding.
For example, effective theological armament would allow a citizen to comprehend that the first step toward preventing "home grown" terrorists is to keep the terrorists out of our home. It's not fear, it's logic!
Albert Mohler, in his Daily Briefing today, addresses this issue, and much more.
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