{"id":19673,"date":"2012-07-18T21:18:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T02:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=19673"},"modified":"2012-07-18T21:18:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T02:18:57","slug":"why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hating Jerry Sandusky Does No Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why Hating Jerry Sandusky Does No Good<\/h2>\n<h3>Posted by Chris on July 02, 2012.  Tagged with Sin, Love, Salvation, Sex, God, Penn State.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"social_icons\"><span><span style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000000;cursor:pointer\"><span>Tweet<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000000;cursor:pointer\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000000;cursor:pointer\"><span>Email<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"text-decoration:none;color:#000000;cursor:pointer\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0\" src=\"http:\/\/csheinz.com\/assets\/cs_heinz_as_jerry_sandusky_thumb.JPG\" alt=\"cs_heinz_convicted\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week I wrote an article called, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csheinz.com\/read\/post\/its_not_possible_to_be_a_christian_and_hate_jerry_sandusky\">It\u2019s Not Possible To Be A Christian And Hate Jerry Sandusky.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But of course it\u2019s possible to be a Christian and hate Jerry  Sandusky. Had I called the article, \u201cChristians Shouldn\u2019t Hate Jerry  Sandusky,\u201d only half of you would have read it. That title sounds like  I\u2019m scolding you for what is a natural and reasonable response. But I\u2019m  not scolding anyone. I\u2019d like to hate him, too.<\/p>\n<p>On June 22, 2012, former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was  convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, using his nonprofit  organization and status as a hometown hero and father figure to find and  groom his young male victims. Like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dannold.com\/i-wish-it-was-that-simple\/\">Pastor Dan Nold wrote<\/a>, I don\u2019t have God\u2019s knowledge of the events, but the evidence seems overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, I would like to hate Jerry Sandusky. It\u2019s easier  this way, there are lots of fellow haters to join me, and it\u2019s what my  heart wants to do. But hating Jerry Sandusky does no good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hating Jerry Sandusky is a sin, which before God puts me on the same level as him\u2014needing salvation<\/strong>.  God says to love our enemies (Matthew 5.44). Just who is my enemy?  Could it be Jerry Sandusky? I can\u2019t think of a better one. But hating  Sandusky violates God\u2019s command. God says if I break one command, I  break them all (James 2.10). So if I hate Jerry Sandusky, then before  God, I\u2019m guilty of breaking them all. Hating Jerry Sandusky is a sin  that necessitates salvation, and therefore I need salvation as much as  Jerry Sandusky does. I also stand convicted, so to say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hating Jerry Sandusky is not supporting the victims<\/strong>.  At times I felt that unless I hated Jerry Sandusky, then I wasn\u2019t  supporting the victims. I felt I had to choose between the two, and the  choice was easy, I\u2019ll hate Sandusky. But hating Sandusky won\u2019t help the  victims heal. Hating Sandusky won\u2019t change the past. Actually I think  that hating Sandusky keeps the victims stuck in the past. Hate burns  heavy in the heart, calling for constant attention. That\u2019s not what I  want for them. I want them to move forward because these deeds do not  define them. But hate will hold them back, and my hate approves of  theirs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hating Jerry Sandusky is a road block to healing<\/strong>.\u00a0  Some say justice was served for the victims because Jerry Sandusky was  convicted. But justice isn\u2019t enough. There\u2019s got to be healing. Healing  is impossible without forgiveness, and forgiveness is impossible with  hate. I wish I could walk out the painful process of forgiveness for the  victims, but I can\u2019t. That\u2019s a road for each of them. Their abuse is  not a road they chose, but they can choose to walk in forgiveness. I can  pray for their courage to forgive, and I can work on loving my own  enemies, then praying for them to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>So with God\u2019s help, I will not take the easy way, will not sing the  chorus of haters, will not do what my heart wants to do. I will not hate  Jerry Sandusky. For if I can\u2019t overcome hate, how will the victims? If I  can\u2019t learn to love my enemies, how will the victims? If I can\u2019t  forgive, how will the victims?<\/p>\n<p>Hating Jerry Sandusky does no good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest blog by Chris Heinz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1230,1409,1603,1871,2319,2323,2644,2721,2765],"class_list":["post-19673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-god","tag-homosexual","tag-jerry-sandusky","tag-love","tag-pedofile","tag-penn-state","tag-salvation","tag-sex","tag-sin","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Hating Jerry Sandusky Does No Good - The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Van Pelt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/\",\"name\":\"Why Hating Jerry Sandusky Does No Good - The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/csheinz.com\/assets\/cs_heinz_as_jerry_sandusky_thumb.JPG\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-19T02:18:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#\/schema\/person\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/csheinz.com\/assets\/cs_heinz_as_jerry_sandusky_thumb.JPG\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/csheinz.com\/assets\/cs_heinz_as_jerry_sandusky_thumb.JPG\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/why-hating-jerry-sandusky-does-no-good\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Hating Jerry Sandusky Does No Good\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\",\"name\":\"The Original Heaven&#039;s Metal\",\"description\":\"Former Editor-in-Chief. 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