By now, if you've been watching or reading the news, you should be aware that the pastor who was going to burn Qur'ans tomorrow has decided to call off the event. Unfortunately his reasons for canceling the event were not due to concern for his fellow Christians who are serving as missionaries over seas. Nor did he call of his plans because he saw the offense it would cause within the Muslim world and the way it would negatively impact the spreading of the gospel. His reason, according to the news, was because he claims the Imam who is building the community center and mosque at Ground Zero promised him that the mosque would be moved.
In short it appears that the right thing is being done, but the reasoning behind these actions is all based on worldly concerns. It ought to always be the goal of the Christian to glorify God and to spread the gospel. This pastor seems to confuse American with Christian.
Too much has been made of this event by the media, so that a fringe lunatic became an international sensation. But, one thing that has come out of this event is that we were able to be reminded that there is a stark differences between what concerns the world, and what concerns the church. While the world was concerned about social and political unrest, and rightly so, what they missed was the profound spiritual impact of this event. The cross of Christ truly is nonsense to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God to salvation. Let us always remember that our focus needs to be different than the world's.
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