Folks, if you hear the news, you know that there was a very very sad incident recently in an Austin classroom. Two 13 year old boys are reported to have raped a 14 year old girl while the lights were off for an in-class video. I was told that other students eventually cried out to alert the teacher. The news media reports that the teacher is on administrative leave pending investigation and the boys are charged with a felony.
Someone helping in this ministry alerted me to this incident and suggested that Great Shalom might comment. I feel that indeed, maybe I should. How about you, what do you say?
We can tell what the world is saying. "Oh, look the teacher is at fault." "Oh, no, the parents are at fault." In fact everyone is at fault. Everyone who has let this society slide down to this low level. Everyone who allows children to be exposed to soft porn -- like at the grocery store line. Everyone who encourages their girls to dress like hookers. (I have no information about the victim; I just know the sorry state of affairs of fashion.)
Everyone who fails to teach their boys how to behave -- and that manly behavior includes honoring women.
Every Christian who has failed to be active in the social sphere. Every Christian who once active, failed to correctly represent Jesus. Every one who threw stones instead of extending grace. Everyone who fell into the trap of being an abusive dictator so that the world thinks Christian parenting is the worst of all. "Which is worse," they say, "taking the risk that children will misbehave or having the parents beat the kids."
Folks? What would Jesus do?
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