21.11 Mourning the 215 Children (Part 4)

In this, the final, Part 4 episode of their series titled Mourning the 215 Children, hosts Craig and LaDonna Smith seek to provide practical and biblical answers to the many questions that arise from the gruesome discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children found in a mass grave on the campus of a government funded, church run Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia.  The Smiths don't want their listeners to miss that the Christ of Christianity also suffered horrific trauma, torture, and beatings on the way to the cross on which He was brutally crucified, all while those who purported to represent Him in these institutions did such unimaginable abuse and brutality that led to the deaths of these precious children.  In answering what seems to be unanswerable questions, the Smiths remind us all of the horrific sin nature in all of humanity, and seek to encourage listeners to give room in their troubled hearts for the grace, mercy, healing, and capacity to forgive that the power of the indwelling Christ offers to those who love Him enough to trust him with their lives.  The Smiths conclude the series by drawing from their own stories of personal and historical trauma they endured, and how the power of the gospel has given them hope, healing, and the power to forgive.  They pray their listeners will never be the same as they present the only Hope for mankind through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, Himself!  May the Spirit of God bring comfort to the hearts and souls of especially those still living who were the survivors of such atrocities, and the families of all those who lost their lives through the violent and deadly acts committed by the hands of those who knew better, yet chose to sin gravely and caused such great pain to generations that followed.