Alan Robertson, Co-Author of 'Duck Commander Bible,' Talks Sin, Shame and God's Grace (Interview)
That's what we're looking at right now (with terror groups) these ideologies that clash. I think we just got to consistently be who we are. We've got to try to preach love and preach Christ to people.
At the same time, as a people, as a country, we've got to respond and try to protect our people.
If you fly planes into buildings, you've got to be able to deal with that. You can't say, "Oh, OK, well let's just allow these people to come slaughter us."
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Throughout the Bible, God has always had His people at the ready to do what needed to be done. And so, I think we just can't lose sight of that.
I think fear, again, is the greatest issue that comes up. And the fear is that somehow we're not going to have the answer. Look, we will.
And if something bad happens, if my family gets killed in a terrorist attack or something else, it will be awful, it will be terrible. But you know what, that's why I have to have hope beyond this life and beyond the grave. Because ultimately, I'm going to spend eternity with the Father. And there's hardly a time when there's not going to be those sorts of things on this earth — until He creates everything new.
Ultimately, I think that's why you got to keep that in front of people. You deal with things as crises come up. You pray for your government, and I pray for my president and the House and Senate consistently because I want them to make good godly decisions. But, at the same time, I realize we're imperfect and sin has a way.
As Christians that's what we have to do, and sometimes that means we have to stand up for ourselves and defend ourselves as well.
Alan Robertson's next book, A New Season: A Robertson Family Love Story of Brokenness and Redemption, co-authored with his wife, Lisa, will be released in January 2015.
