The Stoning of Kavanaugh

The Judiciary Committee Confirmation hearing for Judge Kavanaugh, as well as the confirmation vote in the Senate, was riveting. Both events reminded me of the account of Stephen before the Sanhedrin where false charges were brought against him in order to stir up the people, the elders and the teachers of the law. “Then the high priest asked him, “Are these charges true”” (Acts 7:1 NIV)? In the form of a history refresher lesson Stephen called out his detractors, then looked into heaven and saw the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. “At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul…And Saul was there giving approval to his death”” (Acts 7:57-58, 8:1 NIV). Similar to Saul, Republican Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski gave her approval for the stoning of Kavanaugh in order to kill his nomination to the Supreme Court.