Just as we should not ???????????????????????? "as those who have no hope," neither should we ???????????????? as if there is no sovereign, righetous God who must and will bring justice, punishing all sin.

While the anger we all feel over the murders we have seen in the last few days and months is ???????????????????????????????????? anger, we must take great care in how we respond to these events.

Were it not for God's grace, any one of ???????? could be that tortured, twisted person consumed with unfocused hatred and violence.

We must defend ourselves, our families, and our neighbors. Buy and train to use and carry a firearm. Practice situational awareness, all that stuff. But do not be provoked to revenge. Rather let's provoke one another to good works - ???????????????????????????????????? defending each other from evil, whether physically violent or ???????????????????????????????????????????? damaging.