Timothy Harris

And so, yeah, I mean, in the book we referred to, I don't know if your readers will remember, but the Boston Bombers, as they were known in 2013, a terrible terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon by two

And so, yeah, I mean, in the book we referred to, I don't know if your readers will remember, but the Boston Bombers, as they were known in 2013, a terrible terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon by two

young uh they were chechens muslim extremists and it just made huge news around the world and and i remember you know i i think we need to ask this question um instead of just why do they hate us okay it's good to ask that question but again a better question or a more important one is were there any christians who reached out in genuine jesus-like kindness

young uh they were chechens muslim extremists and it just made huge news around the world and and i remember you know i i think we need to ask this question um instead of just why do they hate us okay it's good to ask that question but again a better question or a more important one is were there any christians who reached out in genuine jesus-like kindness

to those two Chesnian brothers who came here and killed people that day? Were there any Christians who reached out in kindness, in friendship? And we know that one of them said no, because he was reported as saying in 2010, three years earlier, quote, I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them, close quote. And so isn't that just tragic?

to those two Chesnian brothers who came here and killed people that day? Were there any Christians who reached out in kindness, in friendship? And we know that one of them said no, because he was reported as saying in 2010, three years earlier, quote, I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them, close quote. And so isn't that just tragic?

I mean, the bombing is obviously tragic, but it's also tragic that this young man said he never had an American friend, which means obviously then that he never had an American Christian friend that could really show kindness. And who knows what might have happened? And so, yeah, man, these are hard questions to ponder. Yeah.

I mean, the bombing is obviously tragic, but it's also tragic that this young man said he never had an American friend, which means obviously then that he never had an American Christian friend that could really show kindness. And who knows what might have happened? And so, yeah, man, these are hard questions to ponder. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I think that it reminds me of one of our heroes. I don't know if you ever heard of Brother Andrew. who wrote the famous book. He wrote a lot of books before he died a couple of years ago, but probably his most famous book was called God's Smuggler. He used to smuggle Bibles into the former Soviet Union. Yeah, it was just wild.

Yeah, I mean, I think that it reminds me of one of our heroes. I don't know if you ever heard of Brother Andrew. who wrote the famous book. He wrote a lot of books before he died a couple of years ago, but probably his most famous book was called God's Smuggler. He used to smuggle Bibles into the former Soviet Union. Yeah, it was just wild.

And then later he shifted from the communist world, his ministry, to the Muslim world. And I want to read a quote by him, if I could, from the book. He said, just what you said. What's your first thought when someone offends you? Is it anger? Is it indignation? If we're honest, perhaps our hearts even want to see some kind of retaliation or revenge. But he says, you know, Jesus is clear.

And then later he shifted from the communist world, his ministry, to the Muslim world. And I want to read a quote by him, if I could, from the book. He said, just what you said. What's your first thought when someone offends you? Is it anger? Is it indignation? If we're honest, perhaps our hearts even want to see some kind of retaliation or revenge. But he says, you know, Jesus is clear.

Revenge is not the answer. Love is, especially when it comes to the Muslim world. And then is it OK if I finish up what he says about, you know, how do we respond to a terrorist attack?

Revenge is not the answer. Love is, especially when it comes to the Muslim world. And then is it OK if I finish up what he says about, you know, how do we respond to a terrorist attack?

OK. He said, that's why. instead of retaliating when we read of a bomb attack, I suggest our response should be, get this, repentance. Isn't that something? And then he elaborates, repentance that we have not prayed, we have not cared, have not gone to the Muslim world to proclaim the true life and freedom we have in Jesus.

OK. He said, that's why. instead of retaliating when we read of a bomb attack, I suggest our response should be, get this, repentance. Isn't that something? And then he elaborates, repentance that we have not prayed, we have not cared, have not gone to the Muslim world to proclaim the true life and freedom we have in Jesus.

And then he says, let's keep asking God to truly change hearts, that we might love, serve, and pray more fervently for the advancement of his kingdom and the glory of his name in the Muslim world and beyond. Amen. Yeah. Wow. So when you hear of a terrorist attack, I have never heard anybody say that

And then he says, let's keep asking God to truly change hearts, that we might love, serve, and pray more fervently for the advancement of his kingdom and the glory of his name in the Muslim world and beyond. Amen. Yeah. Wow. So when you hear of a terrorist attack, I have never heard anybody say that

that our first response should be um one of one of our first responses besides of course praying for the victims would be to pray a prayer of repentance that that on behalf of the christian world maybe like that the the terrorist in the boston marathon uh event he said i never i didn't have a single american friend and that causes me to think wow we need to repent lord we

that our first response should be um one of one of our first responses besides of course praying for the victims would be to pray a prayer of repentance that that on behalf of the christian world maybe like that the the terrorist in the boston marathon uh event he said i never i didn't have a single american friend and that causes me to think wow we need to repent lord we