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The Christian Response to the Death of Renée Good

A human life ended, three children lost their mother, and a federal officer was forced into a moment no one seeks and no one should ever celebrate. The death of Renée Good is tragic, and any Christian response that begins with mockery, triumphalism, or ideological glee has already lost the mind of Christ. Scripture treats death as sobering, not entertaining, as a moment meant to slow our speech, examine our hearts, and anchor us again in truth rather than inflame our emotions. Ecclesiastes reminds us that it is better to enter mourning than feasting because death forces the living to take life seriously (Ecclesiastes 7:2).

This situation must be handled through proper legal channels, investigated thoroughly, and adjudicated by the judicial system as designed. Christianity does not operate through mob justice, emotional absolutism, or online verdicts. Scripture affirms order, restraint, and authority, even in a fallen world, and calls believers to patience while justice does its work.

It is possible, and necessary, to hold two truths at the same time. The loss of life is tragic, and based on the available facts, the officer appears to have acted in self-defense. These statements do not contradict one another. Scripture does not force believers into false binaries where compassion requires denial of reality or clarity requires emotional detachment. Jesus pronounced blessing on those who mourn, not on those who posture or politicize grief (Matthew 5:4). Mourning does not negate discernment, and discernment does not forbid mourning.

Every person involved in this event bears the image of God, and that truth governs how Christians speak. Renée Good bore the image of God. The federal agents bore the image of God. The witnesses bore the image of God. Her three children bear the image of God. From the opening chapter of Genesis, humanity is defined by image bearing, not moral performance (Genesis 1:27). Being made in the image of God does not imply righteousness, wisdom, or spiritual alignment, but it does demand restraint in how we speak about the dead and about one another. James warns believers that the same mouth used to bless God must not be used to curse those made in His likeness (James 3:9–10).

Scripture also speaks plainly about sin, including sexual sin, and Christians are not permitted to redefine what God has named in order to maintain cultural peace. Romans 1 is unambiguous about rejecting God’s design and the moral confusion that follows (Romans 1:26–27). At the same time, Scripture does not authorize us to speculate about eternal destiny or to treat death as divine punctuation on a moral argument. Final judgment belongs to God alone.

What does matter, and must be named honestly, is how the fallen condition of humanity warps logic, reason, and moral judgment when sin is rebranded as righteousness. Scripture describes this condition as one in which people call good evil and evil good, suppress truth, and become futile in their thinking (Isaiah 5:20; Romans 1:21–22). When a person believes they can openly violate God’s order and commands while simultaneously claiming His approval, their conscience becomes distorted and their moral compass unreliable. Self-deception takes root, and actions that are reckless, unlawful, or dangerous begin to feel morally justified. If Christ is not Lord over thier sexuality, He will not be Lord over their judgment, wisdom, or restraint. The same logic that allows a person to maintain a Christian identity while rejecting biblical holiness will eventually justify almost anything they choose to do.

Renée Good’s sexual orientation was not the cause of this incident. She was bot shot becuase she was gay. However, her claim to Christian faith while living in willful and open contradiction to biblical teaching reflects the deeper spiritual confusion Scripture warns about. This reality is not theoretical. Sin shapes perception, decision-making, and risk assessment. It dulls discernment and inflates moral confidence. In moments charged with fear, ideology, and emotion, it can lead a person to believe that illegal, reckless, and dangerous actions are not only permissible but virtuous, spiritual, and divinely justified.

What ultimately matters here are her actions. However she arrived at her conclusions, she chose to insert herself into an active federal law-enforcement operation. She chose to use her vehicle as a blockade and then accelerate it toward an officer. A vehicle is a lethal instrument. Intent does not erase consequence. Fear does not neutralize danger. Moral certainty does not make an action safe. As a mother of three, she should never have placed herself in that situation in that capacity in the first place. She could have been present without being obstructive or noncompliant. She was not asked to move her car. She was asked to exit it. This tragedy could have been avoided at multiple points through multiple choices. The deeper issue is that sin clouds our ability to do what is right by deceiving us into believing that what is wrong is good, and once compromise is justified in one area, it rarely remains isolated.

Because of this, Scripture acknowledges that in a fallen world, force may be used to restrain greater harm without celebrating the outcome. Paul teaches that governing authority is established by God, that resisting lawful authority carries moral weight, and that civil servants are tasked with restraining conduct that threatens life and order (Romans 13:1–4). This does not sanctify violence, nor does it remove accountability, but it does establish that self-defense and the use of force to stop imminent danger are not inherently immoral.

Respect for authority does not mean blind allegiance. It means allowing the systems designed to evaluate use of force to function without emotional manipulation or ideological theater. Christians should neither rush to condemnation nor rush to celebration, but should allow justice to proceed soberly.

Scripture is equally clear that God takes no pleasure in death, even the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11). Rejoicing in death hardens the heart and corrupts the Christian witness. Proverbs warns against celebrating when another person falls, because such a posture invites divine displeasure rather than approval (Proverbs 24:17).

The Christian response must be prayerful and intercessory. We pray for the children left behind, for healing where trauma now lives. We pray for the officer involved, who must carry the weight of that moment. We pray for witnesses, communities, and leaders navigating the aftermath. And we pray that this tragic and painful situation would lead hearts toward repentance, humility, and ultimately a yielding to the lordship of Jesus Christ.

Christians are called to think clearly, speak carefully, love intentionally, and fear God. We lament the loss of life, respect lawful authority, reject the celebration of death, refuse ideological hysteria, and refuse to compromise loving and interceding people out of sin and into salvation. Above all, we submit our thoughts, emotions, and words to the lordship of Jesus Christ.

That is how Christians should think, feel, speak, and pray in moments like this.

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My reaction to the Dearborn City Council meeting

I just watched the recent Dearborn City Council meeting where Pastor Ted Barham calmly challenged the decision to honor Osama Siblani with an honorary street sign, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud blasted him from the dais, and later Jake Lang stormed in with his white nationalist rant ending in “Jesus is King.” 

I have a problem with what happened in that room from start to finish.

Ted Barham is a Christian minister who raised specific concerns about Osama Siblani’s past praise for groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. He did it respectfully, with facts and a soft tone, the way a citizen should speak in a public meeting. Whether you agree with him or not, that is exactly what city council is supposed to be for. 

When Mayor Abdullah Hammoud responded by calling him an Islamophobe and telling him that even though he lives in Dearborn he is “not welcome here” and that he would “throw a parade” when Ted moves out, that crossed a serious line. As an American mayor speaking to an American citizen, that was outrageous. You can disagree with a man. You can rebut his arguments. You cannot, in good conscience, sit in a publicly funded seat, under the authority of the Constitution, and tell a lawful resident that he is not welcome in his own city because he raised a concern about public policy. That is not leadership. That is intimidation from the microphone. It is exactly the kind of thing that makes people believe the system is stacked against them.

Then later, Jake Lang, a Trump pardoned January 6 defendant and now a Senate candidate, took the microphone and delivered a speech that was just as troubling, but for very different reasons. He did not simply criticize Islamic ideas or policies. He exalted white Christian Europeans as the owners of civilization. He spoke of Muslims as invaders and parasites. He said the founders died for white Americans. He told people who live here that they will never be like “us” and that he does not want them in “his” country. Then he ended by shouting “Jesus is King.” 

I understand why many Americans are deeply troubled by the spread of Islamic influence in our cities, as well they shoub be. I share the concern about any ideology that is hostile to the gospel or to basic freedoms others died for that we hold ao dearly. We should be able to debate law, security, and culture with honesty, civility, and courage.

As a US citizen, I am an American patriot! Cut me and I bleed red, white, and blue and I do not believe that the American mayor’s shaming of American citizen Ted Barham is the way American’s should treat one another. What the mayor did is not the way to handle consituents. He disrespected the office and the oath and he should immediately issue an apology and his resignation.

On the other hand, as a Chraitan leader, what Jake Lang did, in my understanding of Scripture and the Christan surrendered life, is equally reprehensible. This is not bold Christianity. It is pride and contempt wrapped in religious language. Let me explain.

Every Muslim is still an image bearer whom God created and whom Jesus died to save. “Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” Genesis 1:26. I am longing for the day when we can strongly reject Islamic teaching, or anti-christ teaching for that matter, and still honor the God given dignity of the person standing in front of us.

My understanding of Scripture is that Jesus did not teach His followers to curse their enemies or strip them of their dignity. “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” Matthew 5:44. To hear someone claim Christ while telling whole communities that they are nothing, that they can never belong here, and that we want them gone is the opposite of that teaching.

As an American, I believe our Constitution protects freedom of religion and equal treatment under the law, even when that religion is not mine. I cannot expect my religious freedoms to be protected if I do not also protect theirs. But, we can and should insist that American laws be applied fairly. We can and should resist any attempt to import foreign legal systems. We can and should defend the rights of the vulnerable, which many of our laws already do. But, I do not believe we can demand that entire groups be driven out simply because of their ethnicity or because they are Muslims, or any other faction.

We CAN, however, demand that any attempt to treat sharia as a civil law system in America be flatly rejected. We CAN and SHOULD petition governing authorities to intervene when ideology tries to set itself up along side or againat the Constitution or becomes violent, threatening, or seditious . What we cannot do is demonize image bearers and pretend that tacking “Jesus is King” on the end sanctifies the message.

James and John once wanted to call fire down on people who rejected Jesus, and He rebuked them. “But He turned and rebuked them, and said, You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” Luke 9:55-56. Therefore, I will oppose any attempt to impose Islamic law in America. I will also refuse to cheer any message that despises the people Christ came to save. “Jesus is King” means His character governs our words and our tone, not just our slogans.

The way to see the Kingdom of Jesus advance in America and remove the strongholds of the enemy is to preach the gospel and disciple people who lead communities and the nation until the character of the population reflects His. The overflow of Christian households is Christian neighborhoods. The overflow of Christian neighborhoods is Christian communities. The overflow of Christian communities is a Christian nation. Not by election or force, but by the transformation of the heart.

Jake Lang is screaming at a mess that the Ekklesia could have avoided if we had been faithful to “tend and keep” what we planted and harvested in the name of Jesus. I understand his frustration. I feel it. We absolutely should dive in head first to contend for this great nation. But we must make sure Christ’s name and character, His teachings and authority are established in the heart of humanity and faithfully stewardes so they may be passed on from generation to generation.

We can turn these things around if get busy with Mark 16 and Matthew 28!

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