His name is Charles.

Her name was Clara.

Was. Past tense.

The first and last time Charles saw Clara alive, she was being dragged by her hair through the CNN Center in Atlanta. Clara’s tormentor ordered Charles out of the way, and instead of standing his ground to defend an obviously distressed woman, he obeyed the thug’s order and let them pass.

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I’ve known Bob since the early nineties when we met in South Florida as fellow employees of Coral Ridge Ministeries. In an ironic twist of events, he and his family ended up moving to Nashville soon after we left for Saint Louis so I could go to seminary. He is a great guy with a spectacular voice and real knowledge of his craft. Though we don’t talk that often, from time to time I catch the beginning or end of some radio show and hear him. It feels like he’s in the car with me.

I note that the Supreme Court recently came down on Bob’s side on the constitutional issue. I think I liked Bob’s piece most of all because he shows so clearly that a Christian society cannot possibly be a disarmed one, either literally or mentally/emotionally. How many of need to take the safety off our basic courage?

For skeptics I offer this from my favorite group.

ADDENDUM: For the record, I visited Bob’s site for personal reasons.  I had no idea his column had already provided him with fifteen minutes of fame, far more than he’ll get from my blog!