Jesus' words to his disciples before his cruel death on the cross are words to us now. I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. It is with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit that we move out into life and meet life's tests, step by step growing into the answers we could not bear to accept or to understand prior to the experience. A student cannot hear to learn calculus without learning first how to add, subtract, divide, multiply. It's bigger and stronger than war.
War is something inhuman.
During World War II, the King of Denmark, Christian X, wore the star of David in solidarity with the small Jewish community in his small nation. His example was followed by the Danish population, mostly Christian, and mainly Lutherans. They exhibited they were Trinitarian disciples for the sake of the Gospel, not playing it safe but risking. Going next door to meet new neighbors by introducing yourself and inviting these new neighbors to visit as your guests here at First Presbyterian Church is to risk and not to play it safe. As Trinitarian disciples of this great congregation located on this site since 1816, we could have played it safe with old and worn out facilities, acquired many years ago.