Opened the paper today to read that the man arrested in the N. Y. bomb plot is a former SeMO student. Quazi Muhammad Rez-wanul Ahsen Nafis of Bangladesh tried to assemble a 1000 pound bomb to blow up the Federal Reserve System in New York. He was a spring semester student of 2012 at SEMO University and earned 12 hours. His declared major was cybersecurity.
I saw this national news item yesterday and checked out the picture. Little did I know that this news would come home to roost.
But it is the talk of the town. What is the Bible verse about "Entertaining strangers unawares"? I think it said "angels" but the same meaning can be written in--this world is getting smaller and smaller and more dangerous. World-views are not the same and cultures are different! It allows us to learn from the 800 students on our campus who come from other countries. But it also reinforces to us that not everyone should be immediately trusted, whether they are native-born or international.
A difficult part of theology is withholding trust without having a proven reason for doing so. Or for doing so because of a prejudicial bias. Most of us walk a fine line, like Johnny Cash taught us in his music.
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