This past Thursday, a 26 year-old man arrived at the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, and opened fire on students and teachers, killing 10 and injuring 20. It seems it's almost as frequently as every few months that our society is confronted with another of these tragedies. Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut; the shooting on campus at UC Santa Barbara; the military base in Chattanooga, Tennessee; the movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana. Our society has audaciously put human depravity on display for all to see.
And while politicians and pundits opine about firearm regulations and combating mental illness in an effort to make sense out of what seems so senseless, they willfully ignore the answer that God has already given for why tragedies like this occur. And the answer is not mental illness; it is moral illness. The answer has nothing to do with some imagined sicknesses of the mind that afflicts the select few who carry out such horrific acts. The answer has to do with the corruption of the heart that afflicts each and every one of us who are born in Adam. The Lord Jesus Himself tells us in Mark 7:21 that it is from within, out of the heart of men, that evil thoughts and murder have their origin. It is in the heart of men and women to murder because we are by nature children of wrath (Eph 2:3), of our father the devil who is a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). Jesus tells us in Matthew chapter 5 that everyone who is sinfully angry is a murderer at heart. 1 John 3:15 says plainly, "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer." Tragedies like the one experienced on Thursday happen...
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Mike Riccardi serves as the Pastor of Local Outreach Ministries at Grace Community Church, which includes overseeing Fundamentals of the Faith classes, eight foreign language outreach Bible studies, and evangelism in nearby jails, rehab centers, and in the local neighborhood....
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