Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Virginia Tech

The Virginia Tech killings are terrible and I hear a lot of people trying to make sense of it all. I think Abraham in "What's at the Heart of the Murders?" at DesiringGod Blog has a useful perspective:

"While others are already making the Virginia Tech massacre a political issue and looking vehemently for someone to blame, let us remember that “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick” (Jeremiah 17:9).

Our hearts and the murderer’s.

No x-ray machines, revised gun laws, or fired college presidents will solve the problem. We need new hearts (Ezekiel 11:19, John 3:3). We need Jesus."

We are not by nature "good" -- we need a Savior -- we have an enemy at work in this world.

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