I wish to continue from where I left off yesterday...
I am convinced, perhaps more than ever, that incidents like the Virginia Tech College shooting, which left thirty-three people dead, should help to start an awakening within the churches throughout the land to get fired-up and begin more fervent efforts to evangelize.
The Columbine High School shooting which occurred in April 1999 served to jump-start a movement across the land on the need to show love, kindness and concern to others. But now, I believe, it is time to go further.
I pray, too, that Christians will not become indifferent or complacent to all the violence which exists in the world today. Rather, they would see this as an opportunity to share the "unsearchable riches of Christ" with their neighbors, and for them to hear the gospel so that they might believe and be saved.
As I wrote yesterday, two particular Bible verses came to mind after I learned of this tragedy. The first was 2 Chronicles 7:14. This second Scripture, however, is Romans 8:28 which says:
And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them
who are called according to His purpose.
Ultimately, God's "good" can win out over evil. And it already has.
D.B.
The Columbine High School shooting which occurred in April 1999 served to jump-start a movement across the land on the need to show love, kindness and concern to others. But now, I believe, it is time to go further.
I pray, too, that Christians will not become indifferent or complacent to all the violence which exists in the world today. Rather, they would see this as an opportunity to share the "unsearchable riches of Christ" with their neighbors, and for them to hear the gospel so that they might believe and be saved.
As I wrote yesterday, two particular Bible verses came to mind after I learned of this tragedy. The first was 2 Chronicles 7:14. This second Scripture, however, is Romans 8:28 which says:
And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them
who are called according to His purpose.
Ultimately, God's "good" can win out over evil. And it already has.
D.B.
