What Do the Bible, the July 4th Murders, and Raising Our Kids Properly Have In Common?

The Fourth of July Shooting: What Does the Bible Say About Murder?

What About the Proper Way to Raise Children?

(Proverbs 22: 6; Exodus 20: 13; 1 John 3: 15; Numbers 35: 16; John 8: 44)

By Rev. Paul J. Bern

Judging from the mass quantities of unprovoked attacks on American civilians, with long guns being the weapon of choice, the very fabric of American society is rapidly becoming unraveled. With 2 shootings within a month that were carried out by 18-year old’s, the American people have come to the realization that we’re not bringing our children up right. The Bible has a few very timely quotes along these lines, starting with Proverbs 22: 6. It reads: “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” That young shooter’s father didn’t teach him correctly. Otherwise this mass shooting would never have occurred.

Yahoo Life posted an article about this just today, and I’m going to share a small part of the overall article right here: “Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said it is “possible” that the Highland Park gunman’s father could be held “civilly liable” for the shooting that…