Extended Hands

When a law-abiding, timid electronics buff blasted four would-be muggers in a New York subway, Bernhard Geotz became an instant hero! It’s not hard to see why. He clobbered evil over the head. He embodied a nationwide anger—a passion for revenge. Yet reality makes us ask the questions: What good was done? Are the streets now free of fear? On the cross Jesus said, “They do not know what they are doing.” It doesn’t justify kiddie-porn peddlers or heroin dealers. But it does help explain why they do the miserable things they do. Once we see ourselves for what we are, we … Listen Now