What Should We Pray After a Mass Shooting?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 974 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. Adriel and Bill takes time to talk about the idea of "thoughts and prayers" after shootings and how Christians can respond after such tragedies.
2. Are there some things in the Bible that God did not put in and did not intend?
3. What is Covenant Theology?
4. Does James 2 teach that we are justified by works?
5. What is Sola Scriptura?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Core Christianity. |
| 0:08.6 | Hi, I'm Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. |
| 0:17.6 | You can call us right now with your question at 833 The Core. That That's 1833-843-243-2673. You can also post your |
| 0:27.0 | question on one of our social media sites, and of course you can always email us your question at |
| 0:31.5 | Questions at Core Christianity.com. And, Adriel, I think all of us are still in shock as we watch the news |
| 0:39.7 | coverage of that horrific school shooting in Texas yesterday. And I'm wondering, as a father of |
| 0:45.4 | young children yourself, I'm sure your heart really just breaks over what the parents |
| 0:50.1 | who lost kids are going through today. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I can't even imagine, Bill. |
| 0:57.1 | I mean, my kids are, my oldest is 10. |
| 0:59.4 | And so, you know, we're beginning to see pictures of the victims. |
| 1:04.8 | And, you know, I see my kids there. |
| 1:08.2 | I see children who are, you know, this horrible thing has happened. And I, it's hard to even know what to say in terms of processing. Bill. And I know you have, you have children as well, and so I imagine that you |
| 1:28.2 | have been wrestling with this and praying too, but just absolutely devastating. And we need to pray, |
| 1:37.5 | we need to do more than just pray, but certainly my heart has been breaking. |
| 1:43.8 | How do we pray in a situation like this? |
| 1:46.2 | When something so terrible happens, it just is so overwhelming. |
| 1:49.8 | I think sometimes the words fail us. |
| 1:53.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:54.8 | Well, you're right. |
| 1:56.1 | And I've seen already, you know, people saying, well, we're praying. |
| 1:58.9 | And, of course, the response is often well, well, we're praying. And of course, the response is often |
| 2:01.2 | well, we want more than prayers. And I mentioned just now, we do. I think as Christians, we're called |
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