The United States Army has a doctrine that has been called "The Three Critical Questions," which should be asked in any situation that requires action, and certainly in this present crisis. These questions are:

1) What is happening?
2) What is not happening?
3) What can we do about it?

Though some of the principles I am about to address can be applied on a wider basis, I am directing them to Christians as a spiritual perspective in relation to how the church should respond to them.

1) What Is Happening?
To answer this first question it is...

There are events in history that are defining moments by which we can judge the true nature of many people, organizations, and governments. The terrorists attacks last Tuesday were one of those events in which the true nature of many will be revealed.

It has been very encouraging to see the way our nation immediately pulled together and stood almost in one accord in response to this attack. Almost everyone became a New Yorker, and New Yorkers were seen as great Americans. Also, around the world we were quickly able to discern who are our true friends, and who are...

One word that I started getting on the day of this tragedy was "heroes." It was not until this morning that I began to understand it. A hero is someone who takes decisive action in a crisis. This is what the Lord wants His people to do in this crisis, and every crisis.

I have heard many comment that we are in the first stages of the great tribulation, that the anti-Christ is coming, and since it is prophesied, there is nothing that we can do about it. This is a tragic deception. Let's read what the Lord said about...

Isaiah 30:25-33 seems to address directly the World Trade Center tragedy:

And on every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams running with
water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will
be seven times brighter, like the light...

Because of the terrible terrorists attacks that came on September 11, which is 9/11, I was impressed to look up Revelation 9:11:

"They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is
Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon."

Abaddon means "destroying angel," and Apollyon means basically the same, "destroyer." Both are believed to refer to Satan himself. Though it may seem obvious that yesterday's work was that of the devil,...