Why So Many Mass Shootings?

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So what's behind the recent rise in mass shootings in America. The line of fire with your host activist national speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the direct correlation of conscience and president of fire school of Ministry of the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown thanks friends for joining us today on the line of fire and talk about a very sensitive issue. A very important issue and in terms of tragedies. One of the great tragedies that happens in America Sunday mass shootings.

So many families, the end of the day getting news that a loved one is been killed, murdered in cold blood and the shock of it and it is becoming more more common in news what's behind it.

866-34-TRUTH's number to call 866-34-TRUTH 87884 about a lot of issues and and personally. Although I'm not a big second amendments person. It's a major focus of Minamata gun owner myself on the part of the NRA leave the guns major issue at all. Here but we'll talk about why the recent spike if if you're watching the news. Just you know video footage that if if you're watching the news. You can be seen in this more and more and more as I'm speaking.

I will just put some video up here 45 mass shootings in the last month crime alert incidences were for plus people are shot.

This is a local Fox affiliate will look at a CNN headline them in the moment. Same have on 45 mass shootings eight dead of Parkland high school for dad to particular bar, just that the headlines are going to quick for me to sit to read and in those shootings in Houston shootings in Wisconsin shootings in Colorado should it Indianapolis. It's just it's the new suits. It's like a constant flood and just like anyone else, and just see the headlines see the headlines here. US reeling from more mass shootings I wouldn't take that video footage of those watching but it's constant. It's one thing after another after another and and I was in getting the numbers right in the places risers reading because we just flashed headlines coming up. To illustrate the point. In recent years, but now in recent months. Why why this terrible spike in recent months.

Others use mass shootings is 3+ not including the shooter. So 3+ people killed or wounded. That includes you that that brings the number of even higher and then with gang-related shootings and on and on its it's an epidemic level not understand the car accidents.

If you look at other things like that that people are dying all the time. Unexpectedly, you go to work one day you don't come back, understand that I'm still is tragedy and pain in a million different ways.

In America, I'm not minimizing any of that. But I am asking wash is going on what to look at this headline CNN, but others as well. This just from what they are to go. The US has reported at least 45 shootings in the last month.

Now I went looking for these headlines just because I kept seeing reports when shooting after another after another acid there must be a spike there. There must be an increase now. I'm quite aware of the narrative that there will be more coverage if it is a white shooter mean this is the narrative these days and angry white supremacist or an angry white American shooting people understand so you have the tragic shooting in Boulder Colorado and its massive news in a grocery store cop killed as well.

People gunned down in cold blood. Then when the news came that that the shooter was actually from Syria Syrian background therefore Middle Eastern not white American Soviet dropped others didn't seem to fit the narrative. Obviously, it's virtually all men involved with the people of color as well.

Then you and Eddie and gang-related shootings can be disproportionately people of color mass shootings on average white Americans, white males, it's across the board.

The here look at this New York Times has as a graphic.

A partial list of mass shootings in the United States in 2021 and I you just looking all over the place on Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Colorado, Indianapolis, Chicago, Illinois. Just all over the map, one killing after another, one mass shooting after another. What what do you think is causing the spike what your opinion, 866-348-7884 we surveyed people on Facebook and Twitter got hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of responses and Bureau for some people.

Guns are the issue.

The simple guns are the issue. Gun control is the solution to the problem now. Here is why have a common sense issue with that the fiduciary, I'm all for examining how we do macro checks offer that over making sure that their national databases.

So for guys a criminal one state that it's definitely known another state, how how much of that is properly tracked know sometimes we see this happen simply failed to make an entry summit dismissed from the military and should not be allowed to own guns ever its ability forgot to enter that in record than the person ends up being a master and gets a gun legally but my my simple reason for not saying that guns are the major issue. Even I'm open to discussing should all weapons be available to the general public open to discussing all those questions so I again I am not your typical God and guns conservative, but we've always had guns in our country. We've always had guns in our culture and we have not had this level of violence and even now why the explosion why so many. Last year this year does it even tie in with the larger and rest of the society and the protest of the rights of a lot of other stuff going on that were society that is agitated right now what you think what what's causing this. I was was reading an article on the Snopes website, which is a fact checking website but infamously leaning left. He thinks other checking facts, but those checking them in an impartial way so they're talking about the argument that one of the biggest issues is fatherless homes and if you look say so through 2019 2020.

The vast majority of the shooters came from fatherless homes, broken homes and obscene data support that and I do believe that generally speaking that's it's always good to be an issue in society which we have a breakdown. The family and Susan's is going to show itself in many different ways. When you have a breakdown of the family.

It's going to manifest itself in many different ways and you will see societal breakdown on a larger level, and any sociologist that's studied the data we come to that same conclusion that how it works out with mass shootings in question. So Snopes said in August 2019 is the topic of mass shootings again gripped United States after back to back massacres, numerous pundits and social media users attempted to suss out the reason why such attacks keep happening in and they they give a list here some blame gun control laws and rising white supremacy, while others lay the blame on mental illness.

Video games a lack of thoughts and prayers.

Gay marriage, father's house of the Lord's people are searching why is this the case now, let's just look at something.

Where does America compare to other nations when it comes to death by gun violence. Now what about two thirds of death by guns or suicides in America, but according to Plymouth Rock, which is also left-leaning. A belief this is firearm injury deaths in different countries through 2016 and if you look at deaths per capita so the highest on the list was Venezuela second Guatemala third Columbia fourth Brazil for Mexico and sixth United States injuries deaths now if if you look at 2016 firearm deaths per 100,000 people. So number one on the list El Salvador on the skin go down in order Venezuela Guatemala Columbia and then Greenland as a surprise, Honduras, Virgin Islands, Brazil, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Afghanistan, Belize, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Guyana, Dominican Republic, and then that it's it's so this idea that in terms of gun violence. America leads the world listens in a true, there will be country 330 million people. Therefore numbers of deaths very high but overall in terms of gun violence directly way down the list. Now that was interesting if if you transfer this over and say okay looking, say, UK where you have very very little gun violence of what's what's interesting is that the UK has much more knife violence those people killing people with knives doesn't minimize the tragedy. It doesn't minimize the horror here. Guardian reports knife offenses at record high in 2019 in England and Wales was recorded 45,267 crimes obscene knife related crimes. There none of this minimizes the pain. None of this minimizes the trauma again. I'm all for looking at all issues was what can be done to address this problem. Is it completely holistic and going back to the family is.

Is it something that ties in with unique aspects of our culture is that the culture of violence which were raised with constant entertainment, extreme violence, from earliest childhood sometimes right through our adulthood. It is, is that part of it. Are there issues with our laws.

I'm not. Let's look at everything right as God-fearing, life loving Americans. Let's look at everything is relevant, but personally again since we've always had guns in our country and since we have not had mass shootings on this level always through history they been here and there but can't much more rare. What's causing the spike now why recent years why a particular recent months as a demonic activity behind the system spiritual thing. More than anything. We'll talk about, 866-348-7884 will look at some of the suggestions similar giving that on my own viewpoint file line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown is joining us like always on the broadcast is no holds barred as logical use profanity to Christian radio station as long as you do your best to be respectful to others. This area viewpoints you think I'm completely wrong you can think I'm completely missing the boat.

You can think that the whole issue with mass shootings is gun control and it's that simple. End of subject.

Or you could have the exact opposite view. You could think that this is all some type of a democratic government plot to make gun owners look bad to take weapons away from Americans so that they can take over. You can have any viewpoint, that's fine. Reason we have live talk radio. As you can call in an air your views 866-34-TRUTH and head over to my Facebook page and take a look at some of the comments that came in when II asked that the simple question in terms of why we're having these these problems increasing measure in our society. One of the interesting things that was posted and there are a number of people who had this opinion was that somehow the Democrats were behind this is somehow that the Democrats were sponsoring this or provoking this reading paying the people to engage in these atrocities and there were quite a few that seem to agree with that toothy that's possible meant to me that's out Lance's been candid with that's completely and utterly outlines ISP viewpoints up to ridicule you. But to ask you to be honest and then ambience through this utterly outlandish that finding someone so unstable person. He will pay you to go and start shooting people, by the way, you may get shot by the police yourself, or you may decide the best thing to do, shoot yourself at the end but they will make sure he gets in your bank.

I mean, we actually envision that all I know governments all government schedule because nefarious things. Imagine if we knew everything our government did Republican Democrat around the world shocked recently with approval but you actually think that's happened. Hey, if if attribute to me that's outlandish that's outlandish and ridiculous, but if you think there is an argument that can be made for give us a call, but was it one more thing. When Democrats make any mass shooting into an immediate platform for their position. That's a totally different issue is a completely different issue when they say okay here's here's a crisis. Let us use it prevents our particular agenda and look for any political party do that. If you have a a crisis of illegal immigrants at the border and you stand for strong borders will you use that crisis to say hey we have a problem right. Everybody does that question is, is it fair is it right is adjust art 866-34-TRUTH lettuce head over to the phones and will start with Mary in West Des Moines, Iowa. Welcome to want to fire Greco hey arm down draft paper now interact in the garden arm down.

I don't know.

Probably people remember the qualifying shooting Rachel Rachel Scott Kierkegaard wrote a letter to Congress and keep it aloud. I'm not sure and I'm hoping it might be on. I couldn't find my copy.

It might be on you to Becky that the heart that we have to came not merely it's not the gun control and the I think when, where, asked to surrender the fact that we can have again.

That's not a good thing. However, coming and on, but I think people that we do have to have safety conscience like people that can think straight. Shouldn't probably have again and things like that that certain common sense. I think it is a hearty cheer and not relate to the world versus God and the people that understand the kingdom will think the hearty hearing people in the world but thank you and I don't know Naomi. God but that pretty brides that you know that soon met Mary Mary justice to this certainly deals with issues a heart issue in the God issue in any God-fearing person would have to recognize that. Why do you think in recent months.

Last year that we have the spikes right now.

It's one of the seasons of of a spike of mass shootings in America.

What is think it's more pronounced now is the more demonic activity.

Is there less look and saw what was wrong view. I don't know Arnold, I would pray that we have more international and weak people. Eric other people pray and weak people. People so I think that I find out what mass shooting who their friends are and who they've been communicating with.

I don't think a week Kirsten would get on your auntie Diane can have a sheeting today. I think. I think they're being promoted just yet so started his obviously something is provoking whether to get fired from your job and your disgruntled whether your angry America, you know, the Syrian shooter in ink Boulder Colorado angry with America if sometimes in the workplace disputes. Some of angry in the home just tethered you know divorce suit children taking for them.

They gotta lash out and there are all kinds of fact is what what provokes what pushes motor hey Mary, thanks for the call. When you mention the Internet. I think that's very important.

Yet we had included for years, but it's more more just a part of our society were on your cell phone you're seeing something and so much of the news media and so much what's posted on the Internet and so much of what gets attention on social media is the controversial stuff. The stuff that makes you angry makes your blood boil. You look at the latest headlines or just ask yourself that the networks that you listen to the networks that you watch what what kind of attitude today provoke with the just anger and hatred.

Then those animals got it doesn't produce hoping you does it produce faith for change or a path of action, or even just have to ask yourself these questions 866-34-TRUTH so it's it's just that it's it's not saying that people are not responsible for their actions.

Knowing to say the devil made me do it, or society made me do it or the news made me do it or the media may be due in her. My neighbor made me do it. I mean ultimately were making decisions for ourselves, but most people that are going engage in this there some instability somewhere. I mean there some just cold-blooded calculated, but others there's an instability that get pushed over what push them over. Why are so many getting pushed over questions to ask 866-34-TRUTH, let's go to David in Chester, Virginia drawn the line of fire and doing well thank you. I agree with pretty much what your spam repair call believe it is probably an exposure to more of the things that would cause interruptive company took all the negative attitude and provoke a response. I would also say that having 24 seven you know it, bringing in a lot of the things that you probably might not otherwise hear about.

I would disagree with what you said earlier, or is the universal background checks on the national database for two reasons, one that would lead to a registration go there to have all the consult which could eventually lead to a government can't complicate all the God that has happened, Tommy Gunn, history I would say that Farland and prohibited persons.

Once you turn to Tom in her and you've done your you paid your dues to the study generally, you should regain all of your right you don't lose your right got right. The government cannot take the bait and get the question yet?

I'm on that would be you are on our justice system is punitive as opposed to a rehabilitation so there's you know you offenders. She's like that so soon? I'm actually none of an expert on background checks and that's on that making dogmatic statements but if somebody is shown to be mentally unstable, they are hospitalized on medication.

Doctors recognize other pathological a family recognizes it, then this person moves to another state and goes to get a gun shouldn't shouldn't there be some ability to crosscheck. Shouldn't that be known. List some of this goes. Norcross crosses the state next to them gets a gun goes on. Does the very things that they were trying to stop her from doing where they are just just a question for you. How to prevent that one parent wanted at that point, why are you being really is okay you have this under control career right don't know you had problem with regard or something not even that your soon to be unstable. You seem to be unstable and and is when they get medicated standard medication you're okay, but if you go off you medication you might do something crazy. Shouldn't there be a national database of that to prevent some like that going to another state. Getting off their medication and then going out committing some horrific crime destroying so many lives take questions to discuss the layout more of what I'm thinking in terms of why had this recent spike and then what each of us computer. Perhaps positive to David.

Thank you very much.

The line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution there again is Dr. Michael Brown friends for joining us on the line of fire don't want to get used to the situation in which we find ourselves. You don't want to get used to get another headline about another mass shooting in American sleep with Elsa who one sports and how the stocks during its new over going to use to it, we can become hardened, we can become desensitized with these are ongoing tragedies in America. And even if you compare us to other nations in per capita or a gun violence is way lower.

Here we are still this is not always been in our culture, there is a great increase. There is at and it's not cut it. It is not connected to guns or more available guns have been available through our country through our history. So that's not the issue. It's not that, suddenly, more guns are available and suddenly the more mass shootings in many of the messages take place. It is in the places with the strictest gun control and sometimes the guns were purchased legally, sometimes illegally and sometimes there is just a glitch in the system because of which, because of that glitch in the system.

There were well issues where some did get filed properly and the person got a gun that should've been able to.

Either way, guns have been available. The great recent increase that we see is not a result of guns being available so the question is what's causing it wave your views for this just sociological spiritual to something having to do with the specific moment that were in good have some ideas want to hear more from you. 866-34-TRUTH. Let's go to George in Jacksonville Florida walking to the line of fire. Dr. broke all through the data a couple of things on the yeah prior to 1980 there were no background checks. You could actually order our drink of mail and have it delivered to your home. There was no there were no serial numbers on going through On, but there was only one – shooting with a firearm and that was the 1960s. Austin, Texas.

So the availability access to firearms was actually greater in that we Are our left violence in terms of like mass shooting. I think just to jump in. For those just tuning in to reiterate, I'm not your typical Gazan guns conservative. I'm not the one writing articles about Second Amendment rights.

As important as they are. This just not my focus bird.

I don't own a gun. Personally, I didn't grow up in a culture where having guns was normal of good to sons-in-law one of them is an avid hunter with a video good supply of guns. The others not just different cultural backgrounds and things like that. I'm no expert on issues of background checks and types of weapons available, but common sense. I do know sir what you're saying which is that we've always had guns in our country and our culture. But we have not always had mass shootings at this level so therefore you have to common sense would tell you that you have to look elsewhere than just the question of availability of guns so sorry to interrupt but but back to I just want to reiterate that. Probably weren't going to go look at Dr. Brown all I think it honestly goes back to Roby. You know I think this may be a motivated God's judgment on the nation. I mean, you can't skate by no over 40 million babies murder and nothing nothing happened this country. I mean II don't know what it would not surprise me if this is all partying.

What you think demonic activity judgment starting to be unleashed on the station and in the form of this and what worries me. Dr. Brown are no real easy solution and opening about universal background checks collect; I have a lot of reservations about it called what can be done with it give you a quick sample. Let's just say that your religious views in the future become symptoms of mental illness. Okay, you think that, quality, and along then they defy the government that is that you are mentally unstable. You should have a gun. I know that sounds far-fetched at this point, but there's other places in the work.

This kind of thing happened all all pics to disarm the all farm people and we don't have to really all that far back in history for listing as though George with any of this or the question is reacting to extremes right and in other words, if there is something blatant and clear where this person could not be trusted to drive a car let alone on gun and it's clear in their state. Then somehow that there has to be a way of knowing that beyond your your own state fruit for the good of that person and for the good of others. Again, not everyone is capable of functioning in certain ways.

It is so what if I understand what if Sir and you're not. You're not being crazy and talk about the what if's, because crazy things happen and and government overreach happens all the time. How far will it go is the question. So I understand the reasons for the concert to get the expert of these things. That's what you don't hear me talk about it a lot living here we give my opinion about a lot because I have not studied the issues through seriously enough to to be able to give substantial answers.

That's what I'm putting out things. Hey, I'm am open talk about. I'm open to discuss hey George, thank you very much for the call and it's is over 60 million babies kill since Roe V Wade so is that just sit for the judgment in our society. This is the release of the speed of death is that once we lose sight of the sanctity of life beginning in the womb we lose sight of the sanctity of life, generally speaking, those are those are questions which are often asked over on Facebook. Let's see yeah Kevin suggests there's something dark behind the shootings.

I truly believe that many of them are controlled, hired yeah Kevin I appreciate you answering my question on Facebook. I am a massively hard time with the neck that got a lot of likes people to agree.

Maybe some surprise, but I personally have eight I can't see that I can see that for many reasons. A Chris I swear the Democrats are paying people to do this. It seems like four years ago with no mass shootings, Democrats want to push gun control legislation and ban pop right back up. Okay go through the data go through the data of mass shootings, while Republicans were presidents versus May shootings while Democrats were present. Hey kind Chris get a second view that lets the fist track it over the years I I think that's an all too convenient answer rather look at it like this that we had these mass shootings in great increase since the 1980s, I think it's been great increase and if you have Democrats in control, the more left-leaning they are the quicker they going to be to seize these moments as a seaweed gun control to gun control and gun control. Each party will seize whatever political chaos is happening in the country and seek to use it to their gain there. That is the question is what is righteous what is what is good what is right. Let's see Debbie personally, I think that say 10 is more in charge of this country that is ever been in the spirit is going rampant everywhere so that it's an increasing demonic activity shock. Personally, I will always believe that routed honestly to so much better than what America is becoming today you disagree. Explain okay doubt this distant particular company.

I wonder if there's a larger culture of anger, violence, external time, sternal time cookies look statistically around the country every day people are dying in traffic accidents whatever and multiplied numbers more than in the shootings.

We understand their dying and freak accidents in the home disproportionately higher than in the shootings so the mass shootings are still the outliers. The extreme outliers, but but this is what so important it it's that it's the extreme thing that happens more and more. When the culture is is bumping up to the extremes they see extreme things may happen more and more here looking like this. Let's say you have 10,000 people who are obese, according to what they should weigh their obese and those 10,000 people now are all in the situation where they they have to run for their lives. While a larger number of them will die of heart attacks. Then the population is not obese, just statistically because the nature of things. So when things get pushed. Those are unstable or angry.

Those who are going to do some crazy thing when they get the more the thing gets pushed, the more likely they are to come to the surface and commit some horrific act right back to the phones. Let's go to Mike in Greenville, South Carolina which your thinking Sir will work over 40 years are still what early, very familiar with almost and your question on loaded.

These are all of moral left wall include the best regard all or gang-related. Most of your math and art gang-related or committed government mandated none, all so all all you belong are most definitely demonic video. In addition, all of today's duty is the case in point that M we should call the news media, news media, all news "social or propaganda outlets. There are no base Bennett as propaganda killer of their own accord.

The other issue over walls is an instruction for the law were discussed and as far as what you know you'll will stick to the back of the minute, even if some people fraction of the shooting, and bones. There is no law. The vast majority of them also the best minority students that are done by that category and getting better so go sound or purchase on the black market: I like ants on our part but that none of that none of the series. There is one question for you, and you decided to break why is it that is virtually all the meshes hardly without exception I can think of except amen versus women will come back. It's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 6643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown on Facebook.

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This was causing the rise in this shootings, broken families, because Americans rejected Jesus, and typical values. Lisa, it's better than spiritual void, hatred nor leadership Barb with the dismemberment of babies in their mother's womb is considered healthcare will be surprised.

May shootings is a heart condition or society, one at odds with our heavenly father. So up miking in Greenville, South Carolina back to you. Why is it that virtually all the mass shootings and probably much of the gang violence is well is is perpetrated by males well is a complex question but on a basic level, vast majority owner or media. However, the fastest growing demographic of our women women women are becoming aware that the responsible for their own safety is also our created man process. It should end up in a spectrum of feelings, they manifest them differently. No woman wants to be a nurturer note. Women often express profit anger process depiction of a bank white man does most of your most of your shootings were a woman isn't all domestic on it's not out in the community, you're likely to have posture numbers also in gang bangers best minority or our young men rightly show which also your numbers yeah Mike I appreciate the insights there and it points to the fact that men women are different. There are differences in it and surgery doesn't change that. It was their internal differences with minimum note we can stereotype that. But broadly speaking these things to work themselves out. Inside he appreciate the input I get EB my thoughts in a moment, but another call or two, let's go to Jesse in Twin Cities, Minnesota, right near so much of the focus of America right now with that, their children, George floor trial of what your thoughts are working for me on first of all I want that. So my understanding of it is that it really goes down to a root of bitterness and I would sort of like this not to say that America as a whole is like this, but in the church of Ephesus and revelations to it says there's this key verse such as, but I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first so not to say that everything about America is like the church in Ephesus, but I do think this is a warning that the church has to watch out for poor people in general and I do think in some sense the church is not being the church as well. If we were seeking out hurt and afflicted people at the church.

I think we could eliminate some of this stuff, but you know, as it says this I have against you, that you have abandoned the web gather first. I think that's a feeling that America had. I think there's a lot of really great pastors and preachers and apologists and all that sort of thing that are doing a really good job but I think the regular people or that the ground troops if you will are are not exercising their their faith in a good way with love and that that you know we want to be a beacon of light to the world and I think if we can do a better job of doing that.

That that we can eliminate some thing just yet obviously just focusing on the church people backsliding we extend that that is not a direct that can be connected in some lineal way with the with misuse of the parts the country but the larger issue of the church being the church in the society and therefore having a positive effect on so that should affect everything if we live lives worthy of the Lord in our light shines overall, there's a positive effect.

We can have. So I believe that's what you're saying as well. He thank you for weighing it up. Let me share some thoughts with you okay remember again that when the time a mass shootings as horrific as they are as shocking as they are as traumatic as they are is as much as were going to think about that more than we think about all the deaths by suicide which the numbers staggeringly high. We would tend not to think about that so much in each of those is an individual middle choice for their own lives tragically. He gets some ongoing mass.

You take all these lies in its yeah it maybe there's headlight right now is taking place measurement taken place.

Please write you note rush to the scene.

It grabs your attention on suicide happens and I know it. The report, but what what causes the spike. What causes the rise usually is my perspective, prayerful perspective as I as I look at America as a nation right now we are super agitated. We are on edge. We are angry we are frustrated we are deeply divided just the lockdowns and even even if they were all the best thing for America.

And that's obviously hot to disputed an item from one part of the country to those like two different countries one country go to the restaurant not required to wear a mask go to church services hundred thousand people hugging each other. No masks you somewhere else. You really move without a mask and then you walk in the building to take her temperature and so I mean you got all this going on, but even if the lockdowns were all for our good, which many disputes either not necessary and actually harmful people are pent up people are frustrated, then you have loss of income, loss of security with families under greater pressure at kids home different environments for everybody at and the political divide so intense what's going to happen next in the news with we been living on edge for several years now. It's been increasing and intensifying as part of what happened with the Trump presidency and the constant tension in battling and now with the current presidency in the rat account of the of simple words going there is constant tension pressure, agitation, and with that I believe that the devil seizes moments like this to provoke as well. Yes, I do believe in demonic activity does exist. There is real Satan goes about seeking to destroy Peter writes in first Peter five. Jesus tells us in Luke 10 we have authority in Jesus over the powers of darkness powers of Satan. Paul tells us in Ephesians 6 that our battle is ultimately a spiritual battle with demonic forces so I don't downplay that to me it's it's like this perfect storm and then with that. Think of this a follows culture we have an epidemic of fatherlessness in the homes, so that is going to create more on instability growing up more crime more bonds to statistically note especially among men.

She did have that factor, you have the fact that we are doused in violent entertainment just that's it's normal life. The most extreme videogames just watch and whatever the TV show is and there's all kinds of violence and even if it's not being glorified.

It's as part of the entertainment that watch rights and crime show here is the absolute blood he seen in the atrocities being committed are you the study found that I was just get desensitized you read it with others and shared and adjust our culture violence beginning in the womb that the loss of the appreciation of the sanctity of life see you have all these other things going on and to whatever extent there is skews me instability in people's own lives that went when things get more extreme than the outliers do more extreme things you look someone who is really disciplined and sexually pure and and not playing games. You know, surfing the net looking for bad stuff going the wrong places, stuff like that, they are unlikely to fall into all types of sexual sins and perversions, but the person who's ready borderline and into this stuff week. The more extreme stuff they get exposed to. They may start to act it out more. So that's what were dealing with were dealing with extremes, and to me again my own prayerful view this is part of them. The moment in history where there is extreme agitation, extreme frustration, extreme anger, extreme hostility people at boiling point people at breaking point which makes it easier for the extreme acts to take place more often. What can we do about one spray God person or God intervene in a nation make that the continuing and ongoing prayer. I mean we should be praying for that on a regular basis and then here this is this just I know it's a drop in the bucket. Let's each put a drop in the bucket. Let us walk in kindness. Let us walk in grace.

Let us be ambassadors of reconciliation. Let us be bridge builders where possible. Let us be peacemakers. Let us not further agitate further provoke what I want you to get stirred to righteousness, and stand against evil. We do that with a heart of faith before God. Everybody else, let's try to cultivate grace, honor and kindness in our own circles in our own world. With this, each do our little part. Each one of us. Perhaps just help push America the right another program powered by the Truth Network