What We Still Must Learn from 9-11

Americans remembered the 25th anniversary of 9-11 last week with both mourning and hope.

Thankfully there have no more major attacks on US soil since 2001. But in naming it a “War on Terror,” we failed to clearly define the nations and religion that attacked our civilization.

Thus we’re still fighting Iran today.

Here’s the best perspective I’ve read on what we still must learn from 9-11.

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The Dark Shadow of Abortion and Lindsay Clancy

Judge William Sullivan, the Superior Court judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, declared a mistrial  on September 4 after the jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

After seven days of deliberation, the jury couldn’t agree whether the Massachusetts mom was criminally responsible for strangling her three kids. Apparently one juror felt Clancy was guilty of the crime and wouldn’t budge from his position. The others were prepared to acquit.

The mistrial stunned the nation–particularly families. How could a mom methodically strangle each of her three children and get away with it?

The high-profile trial took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, home of the Pilgrims–who would have most certainly convicted Mrs. Clancy.

I believe the dark cloud of abortion hovers over this mistrial and the world.

Here’s why.

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Dolly Parton: Character Lessons from the Life of an American Original

Approximately 165,000 people die every day around the world.  That’s 60 million people a year, 7000 per hour, 117 a minute, and two per second. 
 
If Saint Peter meets believers in Jesus at the Pearly Gates, then when Dolly Parton passed into eternity on August 25, 2026, his words of welcome might have included:
 
Hello, Dolly! Well done good and faithful servant (Matthew 25:21).
 
Humor aside, Dolly Parton was a believer in Jesus who is now in God’s presence (2 Corinthians 5:8). She lived a larger-than-life existence that only could have happened in the United States of America. 
 
What can we learn from her life?