Thursday, April 24, 2008

Virginia Tech: An Honest Report

A year after the shootings at Virginia Tech, we welcome in Christian Standard the reflection on the last year from Virginia Tech campus minister and utterly-respected-by-SWNID CCU alum Steve Wilkin. His narrative is remarkably frank, free of self-promotion or sensationalism and reflective of honest ministry.

We offer a quote of the kind that, if other Christian organizations spoke with such honest modesty, would indicate that the church had entered a new level
of discipleship:

We rejoice that many students who were only nominal believers and who were dabbling in the “pleasures of this world” have been sobered (in more ways than one) by this tragedy. With the help of their fellow student believers in the campus ministries, many of these students are now experiencing a vibrant relationship with God.

I wish I could say this is happening on a massive scale and revival is breaking out like wildfire. That’s just not the case. Some people have been drawn closer to Christ through this adversity, and others have not.

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