Here’s a sign of the times: a high school in western Michigan has been renovated to protect against a mass shooting.
The design takes a cue from World War I trenches that were dug in zigzag patterns so the enemy could not shoot in a straight line down the trench. In a similar fashion, the Michigan school added curved hallways to reduce a gunman’s range, barriers to provide cover and egress, and classrooms that can lock on demand and hide students in the corner, out of a killer’s sight.
One of the shooters in the fatal shooting at a Colorado charter school this week had previously posted on social media his criticism of President Donald Trump and Christians.
The Texas Home School Coalition has seen an increase in interest in home schooling following the recent school shootings.
Like many, I am deeply concerned about school violence. A massive shift has occurred. Talking, chewing gum and making noise were the top three public school problems in the early 1960s. Currently, rape, robbery and assault could lead the list.
Education expert William Jeynes correlates the decline in public schools with the Supreme Court’s 1962 and 1963 decisions to remove Bible reading: “One can argue, and some have, that the decision by the Supreme Court – in a series of three decisions back in 1962 and 1963 – to remove Bible and prayer from our public schools, may be the most spiritually significant event in our nation’s history over the course of the last 55 years.”
That decision had enormous implications that will continue unless we make drastic changes. Granted, how can we promote prayer in schools when prayer in the church is at an all-time low?
Tighter guns laws have some merit as long as law-abiding citizens are not restricted. However, guns are not the problem – sin is the problem. Will we outlaw pipe fittings to prevent pipe bombs and cars to prevent road rage? Of course not. Cain killed Abel with a rock. The human heart is the problem.
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Heroism happens in the moment. We can train and prepare, but when the challenge comes, we must decide. In that moment, what we do defines who we are.
One student has been injured in a high school shooting in Ocala, Florida. CNN reports that this is the 20th school shooting this year.
A number of Christian colleges are considering hiring armed security guards to monitor their campuses and hopefully to prevent any possible attacks.
When we cannot predict tragedy, we can still prepare for it.
A shooting took place Thursday at Umpqua Community College in Oregon where witnesses said the gunman specifically targeted Christians.
What happens when an entire generation grows up believing that they’re so special they deserve nothing but the best in life? Well, disappointment. And worse.
