Posts tagged ‘massacre at connecticut elementary school’
Shouting Praise to the Lord in the Midst of Tragedy
You know, it really doesn’t matter what happens in our life, does it? We are commanded from many places in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) as well as many places in the New Testament, to praise God in all things, regardless of how they appear to us, or how much sorrow they may cause. This is a decidedly tricky doctrine because it means that when bad things happen, we are to turn to God in praise.
Violence, More Violence, and Racism
Legislators will never see patterns or events as being perpetrated by evil. They will only see the manifestations of evil and believe that laws will correct the problem. Only spiritually-minded people in the form of authentic Christians will realize what the root of the problem is and the solution to those problems.
