Members of Milwaukee Bucks announce their boycott of NBA Playoffs on August 26, 2020.
God is a righteous judge, who feels anger every day.
Psalm 7:11
The NBA has officially shutdown. Again. But this time it’s not because of a pandemic; it’s a result of the ceaseless gun violence in our nation. When will the violence end? This past week there have been, yet again, three victims of senseless shootings. Jacob Blake who was shot multiple times in the back and two killed at a protest in Kenosha, WI by a teenager with an assault rifle. This is beyond upsetting. This is enraging. But what makes anger righteous? It is when anger motivates the person to make positive changes. It’s when Jesus overthrew a corrupt temple. It’s when God demanded an oppressed people group be freed from slavery in Egypt. Righteous anger compels the individual to acts of justice. As one author so eloquently put it, “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”
