When Lot was given a choice, he opted for what looked like Eden.
Tag: death
Living dead is a stretch for us all, but scripture is clear about the benefits.
As we sit in the silence of holy Saturday, we might wonder what we can do to honor the reputation of Jesus today.
“At noon, darkness fell on the whole land until three o’clock.” (Matthew 27:45 NLT) The last few days have been quite dark. In forty years of holy weeks, I’ve never waded through one as stormy as this. It started at sunset as Passover began —…
We hope for healing in this life and expect it in the next.
The good news this Christmas is this: His light is still careening toward us.
“Young man, I say to you, get up!” He is somehow authoritative and loving at the same time; wielding the tone and affection your father would use to steer you away from danger. Suddenly the weigh shifts in the bier upon your shoulders and you nearly topple from the unexpected nature of it. Dead boys don’t speak but it seems the widow’s deceased son is sitting up and having a conversation with this strange teacher. Good glory, what just happened?
I think about Ruth’s roots in Moab and I remember that we, too, are sojourners. Each and every believer on earth is just passing through on our way to a far better place. We have a Home just over the horizon, a whole new life awaiting us in a land we haven’t yet set foot in.
Honestly, most of us are not going to have an affair with a wayward man or woman. But the probability of us engaging in idolatrous behavior? That is quite high. Idols seduce us. Idols drag us away from our covenant. Idols will ultimately lead us to death.