It’s troubling to see how polarized our nation has become and the division needlessly accentuated by both the Left and Right.
The Left’s frequent false accusations of racism and white supremacy by those who disagree with their policies might lead you to believe that it’s one of the greatest threats to America, but white supremacy today is rare.
On the Right, the “Let’s go Brandon” chants have exposed a vulgar disrespect for authority, extending even to the highest office of our land.
Both sides should repent over this kind of unprincipled divisiveness. Or for those who have the lost the word “repent” from their vocabulary, they need to stop it and start treating those they disagree with like the fellow image bearers of God that they are.
While there is much polarization that is unneeded and unhelpful, much of what divides us cannot be ignored.
As much of the country has shifted toward a more secular worldview, a divide that is impossible to bridge through compromise is revealed. Most Americans used to value the basic tenants of Christianity and the morality of the Bible, a morality outside of ourselves and revealed by God. Thus we based our laws on Christian principles from God’s Law.
This shift in world-views has led to an inevitable collision.
While I can’t propose full solutions in a column this size, I can remind us that justice apart from God often errs and has resulted in many injustices, including the greatest injustice this world has ever seen.
That would be when Jesus Christ – innocent by all eyewitness accounts – was killed as a criminal. Indeed, Jesus was more than just innocent; He is God in the flesh. When God became a Man and entered the world He made to save mankind, we took “justice” into our own hands and killed Him.
Thankfully, God corrected our injustice and raised Jesus from the dead! We “killed the Author of Life;” but God raised Him from the dead (Acts 3:15).
As you celebrate Easter this weekend, be reminded that much supposed justice in this world seems right to man, but is mistaken.
Rejoice that God overcomes our injustices as He did in raising Jesus from the dead.
Scott Kamps writes a bi-weekly column for The Graham Star. He can be reached via email, thestableguy@frontier.com.