A horrifying story out of Colorado has grabbed headlines since it happened in August is the

story of a man who killed his entire family, his wife of six years.

Their unborn child along with their other two young daughters.

It's sickening.

So sickening.

A listener named Stephanie wrote us, dear Pastor John, I'm a 33 year old mother and elementary

teacher.

The question comes from the recent news that Chris Watts, a Colorado man who killed this

pregnant wife and two daughters, has confessed the details of his crime and been sentenced

to five life sentences without the possibility of parole.

And now in these few short months, he has claimed to have found God in prison.

After following the news closely back when he was originally suspected of the heinous crime,

my reaction to his so-called finding God was anger.

Is it wrong for me to not want this man who committed unspeakable acts to know my Jesus?

Do you believe someone like him can truly repent and enter the kingdom of God?

This is wady for, because it deals not only with the moral reality of whether someone

who has done something so horrific can ever be forgiven, it also deals with how we should

feel about it.

And those are two really, really big issues.

And I think the safest thing I can do, I just sat down when I heard this question a little

bit ago and tried to think of places that are relevant in the Bible.

So here are six passages of Scripture.

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