School shooting at Georgia high school kills four: “Love will prevail over what happened today”
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 5 September 2024
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Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting yesterday morning at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Georgia, an hour’s drive from Atlanta. Nine others were hospitalized. At a time like this, it’s only human to ask an all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful God why he allows such senseless suffering. However, tragedy like this is actually a reason to trust God more, not less. It is a reason to draw closer to him in prayer rather than turning from him in anger. Today we discuss four reasons why God is the source of all love, especially in our suffering.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and welcome to the Thursday, September 5th edition of the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:13.9 | Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting yesterday at Appalachie High School in rural Winder, Georgia, and hours drive from |
| 0:22.4 | Atlanta. |
| 0:23.2 | Nine others were hospitalized. |
| 0:25.1 | According to Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director, Chris Hosey, two school resource |
| 0:30.2 | officers encountered the shooter within minutes after a report of shots fired went out. |
| 0:36.1 | Suspect, a 14-year-old student at the school, surrendered |
| 0:39.3 | immediately. He was taken into custody and will be charged as an adult with murder. Barrow County |
| 0:45.0 | Sheriff, Judd Smith, choked up as he began to speak during a news conference yesterday. He said he was |
| 0:50.9 | born and raised in the community and his kids attend school there. |
| 0:54.9 | My heart breaks for these kids. |
| 0:57.0 | My heart hurts for our community, he said. |
| 0:59.6 | But I want to make it very clear that hate will not prevail in this county. |
| 1:04.7 | I want that to be very clear and known. |
| 1:07.3 | Love will prevail over what happened today, end quote. |
| 1:13.0 | Try to imagine what the families of those who died are feeling this morning. Try to feel their grief, shock, outrage, and numbness, |
| 1:19.7 | followed by anger, despair, and disbelief. Today is undoubtedly the worst day of their lives, |
| 1:26.5 | except for yesterday. They can never be the same. The |
| 1:30.2 | horror will mark them for the rest of their lives. At a time like this, it is only human to ask an |
| 1:36.8 | all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful God, why he allows such senseless suffering. Even Jesus |
| 1:43.3 | cried from the cross in Matthew 27, verse 46, |
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