How Should Christians Respond to School Shootings?
- Ted Wlazlowski
- Aug 29
- 4 min read
Prayer is not nothing. Action is not progressive gun control. Here’s a biblical response to protect children and confront evil.
School shootings are not “random tragedies.” They are deliberate, evil attacks on children — and on the society that has grown so morally bankrupt that it cannot protect them. In just the past three years, America has seen six major school shootings. Half of those shooters were entangled in gender identity confusion — despite such individuals representing less than one percent of the population.
The pattern is clear. The world is dark. Evil prowls. And when a society banishes God from its schools, its laws, and its culture, there will be consequences.
Jesus said it plainly: “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.” (Luke 17:2, ESV). The Savior doesn’t mince words. Harming children is one of the greatest possible offenses before God.
Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Nothing
After every school shooting, progressive pundits rush to mock Christians for offering “thoughts and prayers.” They sneer that prayer is “doing nothing.” After Minneapolis, some even taunted: “Those children were literally in church praying, and it didn’t protect them.”
This is a distortion of what prayer is. Christians do not believe prayer is a genie’s lamp. God is not a cosmic vending machine where we insert a prayer and get out protection on demand. Prayer is not a magic incantation to ward off bullets.
When Christians offer thoughts and prayers after horror, we mean something far richer:
We are asking God to comfort grieving families with the peace of Christ.
We are calling on the Lord of heaven to bring healing, justice, and mercy.
We are demonstrating solidarity with those who mourn, reminding them they are not alone.
To caricature prayer as a lazy substitute for action is a falsehood. Prayer is our first response — and then action follows.
“Do Something!” — But Do What?
Another reflex after a shooting is the anguished cry: “Do something!”
But what does that mean? For the progressive mind, it almost always means one thing: more gun control. “Commonsense gun reform,” they call it. But those measures inevitably fall hardest on law-abiding citizens — while the deranged and the evil-doers slip through.
Here’s the truth: conservatives do believe in doing something. And we have.
Hardening schools. Secure access points, trained staff, armed school resource officers.
Improved reporting. When a student, parent, or teacher raises a red flag, it should trigger action — not bureaucratic indifference.
Prepared defenders. Because when seconds count, police are minutes away.
These steps are not about political theater. They are about protecting children.
The World Is Dark and Growing Darker
Scripture teaches that Satan prowls like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:8). Evil pokes and prods until it finds a weakness.
Our society has given him plenty of weak points. We’ve torn down public morality. We’ve shoved Christianity to the margins. We’ve embraced expressive individualism as our highest good. And then we wonder why isolated, angry, and confused young people fall into despair and rage.
This is Romans 1 on display: “Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man… Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves… For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions.” (Rom. 1:22–24, 26, ESV).
Gender Confusion and Recent Shooters
Consider this chilling reality:
Minneapolis (2025): Robert “Robin” Westman, a biological male identifying as female, later writing in a diary of regret: “I wish I never brain-washed myself.”
Apalachee High, GA (2024): Colt Gray, a biologically female student identifying as male.
Covenant School, Nashville (2023): Audrey Hale, a biological female identifying as male.
That’s half of the school shootings of the past three years.
We will not dishonor truth by surrendering to delusion. Their chosen names may be noted, but their God-given sex will be remembered here. That is not cruelty — it is clarity.
Affirming confusion does not bring peace — it compounds despair. When society tells a lie about identity, it traps people in deeper confusion and hopelessness, instead of leading them toward truth and healing. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Gen. 1:27, ESV).
Real Action: Repentance and Vigilance
So what does it mean to “do something”?
It means we repent. We recognize that evil is real, that sin corrodes, and that our nation is not immune. It means we stop pretending that school shootings are only about guns. They are about broken people, unchecked sin, and a society that has kicked away its foundation.
We also must act wisely:
Intervene early. When a student obsesses over shooters, maps schools, or makes threats — that’s not a “phase.” It’s a flashing red alarm.
Equip defenders. Trust parents, staff, and communities to protect children, not just distant authorities.
Speak truth. Stop lying about gender. Stop normalizing confusion. Stop silencing Christians who call sin what it is.
Offer hope. To the one considering murder-suicide: At best, seek help. At worst, skip step one. Take your own life if you must — but do not take the lives of innocent children with you.
Conclusion: Millstones and Mercy
Every school shooting is a satanic assault on children. And every time we allow mockery to silence our prayers, or political sloganeering to substitute for real solutions, we play into his hand.
Jesus’ words about millstones are not empty threats. God cares deeply for the protection of the innocent. And He will hold accountable those who harm “the least of these.”
Our charge is simple: Pray boldly. Speak truthfully. Act wisely. Protect children.
Because thoughts and prayers are not nothing. Repentance is not nothing. Standing guard is not nothing. And proclaiming Christ in a dark age is everything.
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