Years ago, we traveled to Tonganoxie, a grimy Kansas town, to preach gospel to those still alive, after one of their favorite sons died in Iraq. As one corporate body, that town responded with hard speeches against WBC, establishing what was then new standards in doing so.
Now Tonganoxie’s fat-faced mayor lies at death’s door. His prior claim to fame? Sending crude e-mails about women’s breasts and Martin Luther King, Jr. The world now knows Tongo’s mayor is a sexist and a racist. GodSmack!!
Meanwhile, WBC thrives, praising our God and giving thanks daily for his endless mercies. We didn’t shrink at your threats of litigation and physical harm. Instead we say:
Oh Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts. [2 Chronicles 6:14].