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TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK TO RIOTERS: When they threw flammable chemicals on his Philadelphia church?s?

By Mark Tapscott

TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK TO RIOTERS: When they threw flammable chemicals on his Philadelphia church’s roof and set it ablaze, Vietnamese Baptist Church Pastor Philip Pham said he had no idea why they did so. His church, after all, has been a valuable community resource for years.

In the aftermath, Pham claimed a miracle involving a computer hard-drive that wasn’t destroyed in the flames, and he counseled his congregants “to love and pray for” those who committed the senseless violence against them. I know it would be exceedingly tough for me to have such a forgiving spirit. How about you? Of course, forgiveness does not preclude the administration of justice to wrong-doers, either.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 30, 2020 (boomark / email).