Thu Sep 16, 2021 – 3:00 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — As a preacher, it’s always gratifying when you can draw a connection between the week’s readings and current events.
Last weekend we remembered the horror of that terrible day known as 9/11, when Islamist terrorists used hijacked airliners to attack our nation.
Shocking as it was, many people, both at the time and today (20 years later), have tended to view the incident politically, dismissing it merely as an expression of contrast between the worldview of radical Islam and our Western mindset.
Certainly, the contrast is sharp. Radical Islam places severe limits on human rights and individual freedom, while our Western view — inspired by the Judeo-Christian moral tradition — emphasizes liberty and the essential dignity of each person.
In the Gospel passage proclaimed last weekend, Jesus criticizes Peter for objecting to the Lord’s prediction that he will be persecuted by religious leaders and killed. The criticism isn’t mild; Jesus refers to Peter as “Satan.”
Why would he have spoken so harshly to the man who had been his loyal assistant throughout a three-year ministry? Because the Lord knew that Satan is always at work, and
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