The Abounding Evil
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, Isaiah 64:6 Recently, I have been thinking about the nature of evil. That malicious entity that is hard to define but identified quickly when experienced. It is a destructive and dehumanizing force that is revealed in the actions, attitudes, and activities of people everywhere. This past week, I returned from Rwanda where I was immersed in a culture that had experienced some of the most heinous evil (genocide of 2 million people) I could ever imagine. The idea that rational people could indiscriminately hack and bludgeon their neighbors, including children and infants is an unimaginable evil. Its is numbing in its intensity and devastating in its scope. When I returned, I was greeted with the news that a former Youth Pastor at the church I pastor, was recently arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a mi...