Fire Escape

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 NASB Go – An article by Greg Laurie[1] uses the image of your neighbor’s house on fire to spur you toward evangelism. Laurie asks, “Wouldn’t you do something to…

What Do You Want? (2) Rewind

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept. Genesis 37:35 ESV Sheol – Do you find it astounding and insightful that the word she’ol is derived from the…

The Doors of Heaven and Hell

If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! Psalm 139:8 ESV Sheol – So where do you go when you die? Today we might think the answer is either “heaven” or “hell.” At least that’s the expected evangelical rhetoric when this question is posed as…

What Do You Want? (2)

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.”  Thus his father wept.  Genesis 37:35  ESV Sheol – Do you find it astounding and insightful that the word she’ol is derived from the…