By John Yeats By now you have heard the appeal from many Christian leaders for churches to carve out special time on Sunday, Sept. 11, to REMEMBER and CALL OUT TO GOD. Anyone who is 21 years of age or older probably remembers where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. Fifteen years ago on 9/11, terrorism struck our nation in a despicable, life-changing fashion. I was in the parking lot of the Baptist Building in Oklahoma City thinking, “Surely not! How can this be?” Where were you? A total of 2,996 people were killed in America on that day and more than 6,000 others were injured by the deadliest terrorist attack in world history. Since the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor 75 years ago, Dec. 7, 1941, this one attack was the worst on American soil. Who could allow this date to pass without remembering the pain, loss and utter shock? Who could forget those images of the jet liners flying into the World Trade Center in New York City? Who could forget the smoke billowing out of the tower and the subsequent collapse of the towers? Remember the dust-filled clouds of debris billowing down the streets of NYC and the faces of the survivors? How quickly we forgot! While prayer meetings formed quickly on the Capitol … [Read more...]