The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Former U.S. Lieutenant General William G. "Jerry" Boykin recently gave an interesting speech on behalf of the Family Research Council at the WallBuilders' Pro-Family Legislators Conference, where he said the following: "The Lord is a warrior and in Revelation 19 it says when he comes back, he's coming back as what? A warrior. A might warrior leading a slight army, riding a white horse with a blood-stained white robe ... I believe that blood on that robe is the blood of his enemies 'cause he's coming back as a warrior carrying a sword. And I believe now - I've checked this out - I believe that sword he'll be carrying when he comes back is an AR-15. Now I want you to think about this: where did the Second Amendment come from? ... From the Founding Fathers, it's in the Constitution. Well, yeah, I know that. But where did the whole concept come from? It came from Jesus when he said to his disciples 'now, if you don't have a sword, se...

So, I saw an interesting pair of bumper stickers on a truck last night which made me think the driver perhaps took the Saturday Night Live skit of "Djesus Uncrossed" a bit too literally. The sticker on the left side of the bumper said "JESUS" and the one on the right said, "I don't call 9-1-1" with a picture of a gun next to it. It reminds me of the scripture in the book of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 39, where it says: "But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek...if you're a wimp. If you're a real man, you'll do like Jesus did and return that slap on the cheek by busting out the SWAT HK machine gun he stashed in his robe and the .44 Magnum he hid away in his right sandal." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/17/djesus-uncrossed-on-snl-spoofs-tarantino-in-christ-revenge-fantasty_n_2706814.html