(Part I of II) Several years ago in a widely reported event in the religious media, the Milwaukee mass murderer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, convicted of 17 murders, confessed his sins to a Church of Christ minister and was baptized. Shortly thereafter, Dahmer himself was murdered while in prison. Jeffrey Dahmer, the born-again Christian, said he was sorry for what he had done. Profoundly sorry. Was baptized and started life over. Sins washed away. Soul cleansed. Past forgiven. And for a long time, that troubled me. It should not have, but it did. God’s mercy for a vicious and murderous ...