risk takers
One of the saddest accounts in the Bible is recorded in the Old Testament book of Numbers (chapters 13–14). It’s the story of the Israelites who had previously been miraculously delivered from a life of backbreaking slave labor in Egypt.
This generation had witnessed the 10 plagues in Egypt and God parting the Red Sea (Exodus 7–14). For nearly 2…
to the rescue
Back in the Garden of Eden, after Adam and Eve sinned and slinked off into hiding, God came looking for them. Commencing with these words spoken to Adam, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9), God launched the largest rescue mission known to man.
Though we—the human race—betrayed our Creator and fell into the grip of sin and Satan, God did not…
the swine flu and you
Here’s hoping it doesn’t come to this, but Martin Luther offers some timely advice in his open letter, Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague. The Bubonic Plague came to Wittenberg in 1527, and Luther responded by closing the university and sending his students home.
When concerned citizens asked how Christians should act during this epidemic, Luther said that…
the slaughter of the lambs
If someone were to tell me to slaughter a lamb and splash its blood on the doorframes of my house, I would be appalled. The wasting of an animal's life and defacement of my property are two reasons why I wouldn't want to do it. So why would God tell an entire nation of some 2 million people to do…
