The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune

I am compelled as a Born Again Child of God to address, by publicly expressing my views on the ungodly precedence set by stripping Archdeacon Ranfurly Brown.

Within Christian settings predominately, we give honour to Almighty God, not man. The church has an order by which everyone should respect enough to abide by. We cannot go into the Parliament, the Senate, the Courts, or any other Government entities, even by invitation, and conduct ourselves outside of the rules of conduct. Therefore, why would it be okay for the World to come into the Church, and disrespect its rules of conduct?

We may all be able to agree that Archdeacon Brown’s tune of voice and choice of forum in addressing the disrespect of the Church’s rules of conduct may leave a lot to be desired, but would the rebuke have been necessary if the Church’s rules of conduct had been respected and adhered to in the first place? We are in essence making wrong right, and right wrong.

To demand an apology from Archdeacon Brown is asking him to flush his conviction (strong persuasion or belief in the order of God’s institution) down the drain.

I apologise! Not to man, but to Almighty God that this Nation, which He has blessed abundantly finds itself debating giving honour to Him, and taking such an abominable step to remove from office His anointed for having the conviction to enforce the rule of law and order in God’s house.

“And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables -” John 2:15. I’m sure many of us would have said that Jesus’ conduct in the temple on that occasion was inappropriate, but the righteous God didn’t fire him for not apologising for his conduct.

This is a frightening state of affairs, Bahamas. We have become an extremely unruly people, and the evidence is our crime level. Just as the blessings flow from the head down, so do the curses.

To borrow the words of a dear friend, “Jus’ sayin’.”

V VERONICA OWENS

New Providence,

January 19, 2016.