When God’s Word says “A prudent man sees evil coming and hides himself, but the naïve proceed and pay the penalty” (Proverbs 27:12), don’t you think we should consider how we respond to that in concert with our own local church? … or at least with the group of like-minded Christ-followers that we can trust to be our fellow “watchmen” for each other’s safety in times of crisis?

Does our church, as well as our family, have a contingency plan to gather emergency teams to help one another in our neighborhoods? Have the experienced men of our assemblies gotten together regularly, like the patriots of New England in the 1770s, to hammer out action plans for when there are threats of crisis?