{"id":1941506,"date":"2023-06-01T02:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T06:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-pastor-preaches-powerful-first-sermon-since-daughter-died-in-christian-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T02:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T06:57:32","slug":"icymi-pastor-preaches-powerful-first-sermon-since-daughter-died-in-christian-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-pastor-preaches-powerful-first-sermon-since-daughter-died-in-christian-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor delivers impactful sermon after daughter&#8217;s death in school shooting."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficymi-pastor-preaches-powerful-first-sermon-since-daughter-died-in-christian-school-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Pastor Returns to Pulpit Two Months After Daughter&#8217;s Tragic Death in School Shooting<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe answer you<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-went-mike-tyson-on-him-60-year-old-homeowner-punches-out-burglar-holds-him-for-police\/\" title=\"\u2018I Went Mike Tyson On Him\u2019: 60-Year-Old Homeowner Punches Out Burglar, Holds Him For Police\">\u2019ll typically<\/a> get for us from us is, \u2018we don\u2019t know,&#8217;\u201d Scruggs said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-wont-dismiss-durhams-case-against-dossier-source-igor-danchenko\/\" title=\"Judge Won't Dismiss Durham's Case Against Dossier Source Igor Danchenko\">bad question<\/a>, [we] just don\u2019t know how to answer it yet \u2014 don\u2019t know how to judge what doing well is or doing not well. We\u2019re kind of searching for a new baseline in life right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s been two months since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-high-school-shooter-used-gun-likely-purchased-by-dad-on-black-friday\/\" title=\"Michigan High School Shooter Used Gun Likely Purchased By Dad On Black Friday\">tragic school shooting<\/a> at Covenant Christian School in Nashville, Tennessee, where six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-aoc-dismissed-the-suffering-of-riot-victims-but-now-wants-us-to-have-sympathy-for-her\/\" title=\"WALSH: AOC Dismissed The Suffering Of Riot Victims But Now Wants Us To Have Sympathy For Her\">people lost<\/a> their lives, including 9-year-old Hallie Scruggs, daughter of senior pastor Chad Scruggs. On Mother&#8217;s Day, Scruggs returned to the pulpit to deliver a powerful sermon to his congregation.<\/p>\n<p>Scruggs expressed his gratitude to the congregation for their support during the past two months, saying, \u201cFirst of all, we love you. We loved you before March 27th and we love you more now because of how you\u2019ve loved us, so \u2026 we love you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also shared how he and his family are coping with their loss, saying that they are &#8220;learning to live with sadness&#8221; and that it&#8217;s okay to do so. He compared their situation to that of Isaiah 40:38, where those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength and mount up with wings like eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Scruggs also found solace in a book by C.S. Lewis, &#8220;A Grief Observed,&#8221; which helped him understand that their loss is like an amputation, and that they are learning to live with a part of them missing. He said, &#8220;Just know that, from our perspective now, it feels impossible to ever pretend the arm will regenerate or that it will ever feel whole this side of heaven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He ended his sermon by saying, &#8220;There really is something worse than being sad: It\u2019s being sad and being alone. And we were very grateful that we have never felt alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Victims of the Shooting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hallie Scruggs<\/li>\n<li>Evelyn Dieckhaus<\/li>\n<li>William Kinney<\/li>\n<li>Mike Hill<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Koonce<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Peak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/icymi-pastor-preaches-powerful-first-sermon-since-daughter-died-christian-school-shooting\/\">ICYMI: Pastor Preaches Powerful First Sermon Since Daughter Died in Christian School Shooting<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a shooting spree. 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