Contagion

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned –   Romans 5:12  NASB Death – Why do we die?  Before you quickly respond, “Because we are sinners,” let’s examine the cultural thinking during the time when Paul wrote these…

Swampland

YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The question is rhetorical. The expected answer is “No one.” But that answer usually leaves out the one person that I really do fear. Even when no one else can bring me low because the Lord is my shepherd, there…

The .44 Magnum Bible

For me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 To live – Sometimes the whole thing is just too much to capture in comfortable words. That’s when you need to shout it out! You need a spiritual explosion; a mood-altering impact word that grabs the emotion, not just the idea. But…

Dying Now

The question of life is death. From the moment we are born, death begins its conquest of our body. No matter what we do to convince ourselves otherwise, it will relentlessly, inevitably overtake us. All of us know this fact. It is so much a part of our reality that often sends us into a…