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Slide 2 IT ALL STARTED ON THE PLAYGROUND Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 For the spirit of this world has blinded the minds of [many resulting in many not believing]the glorious Gospel of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:4). Slide 6 Why since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, there have been 74 school shootings, in 31 different states, a shocking average of 1.37 shootings per school week. Slide 7 Live in harmony with one anotherDo not pay anyone evil for evilIf it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with one another (Romans 12:16; 17-18). Slide 8 An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. - Gandhi. Slide 9 Dont Do What Comes Intuitively, But Counter-Intuitively. Slide 10 And so its not a coincidence that right after the story of the Garden of Eden is the bibles first story of violence as an insecure guy by the name of Cain tries to resolve his insecurity by [attacking] his brother Abel and [killing] him (Genesis 4:8). Slide 11 Slide 12 Madam an officer said to a Shaker sister. I fear [youve just killed] us with good vittles. Better that the sister replied Than with a bullet Slide 13 The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. Martin Luther King Jr Slide 14 Realize: Its Gods Job To Settle The Score; Our Job Is To Multiply Love. Slide 15 Do not take revengebut leave room for Gods wrath, for it is written: It is mine to avenge; I will repay, says the Lord (Romans 12:19). Slide 16 Slide 17 Do not be overcome by evil [including the evil of school shootings] but overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21). Slide 18 Emulate The Prince Of Peace, Jesus, Who Absorbed Pain, Rather Than Inflict Pain. Slide 19 Jesus ....was a man of sorrowsfamiliar with sufferinghe wascrushed for our iniquities [and] by his wounds we are healed (Isaiah 53:3-5). Slide 20 Youve been taught: An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you not to try to get even with a person who has done something to you. When someone slaps your right cheek, turn and let that person slap your other cheekIf a soldier forces you to carry his pack one mile, carry it two miles. (Matthew 5:38-41, CEV). Slide 21 live in harmony with one another[not being] proud[or] conceited (Romans 12:16). For as Jesus Christ laid down his life for us -- to quote 1 John 3:16 -- we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:16). Slide 22 Slide 23 Dont live blow by blow, bite for bite. Rather Live in harmony with one anotherDo not pay anyone evil for evilIf it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with one another (Romans 12:16; 17-18). Slide 24 Jesus Christ laid down his life for us, we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:16). Slide 25