Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 7, 2011

The reporters covering demonstrations in Cairo?s Liberation Square were among dozens who were arrested and detained by the regime?s secret police.

?Where are you taking us?? one asked a soldier, who replied: ?My heart goes out to you. I?m sorry.?

The journalists saw dozens of people, both Egyptian and westerners, handcuffed and blindfolded. The interrogator who subjected them to the display told them: ?We could be treating you a lot worse.?

From a nearby cell, the reporters heard dull whacks followed by screams of pain. They also caught snippets of a remarkable conversation:

?You are talking to journalists?? demanded the torturer. ?You are talking badly about your country?? The victim defiantly rebuked his tormentor: ?You are committing a sin. You are committing a sin.?

How many Americans ? of any religious background ? would display such determination in similar circumstances? How many American Christians understand that the civil government is under God?s law, and that officially sanctioned torture is a sin?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.