The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy

Biblical illiteracy among Christians is arguably at an all time high, with chilling implications that can hardly be overstated. I know that various things in the church will inevitably change, such as songs and hymns taking on new forms, and that's fine. What isn't fine is for God's people to neglect His Word.

I love young people, and spend a lot of time with them. I coach high school tennis, and spoke earlier this month at Momentum, a conference for students at Good Shepherd Community Church. I see lots of good things happening in the lives of teenagers.

However, the fact remains that we are raising a video, computer, gaming, cell phone, and external entertainment generation in which fewer young people love books. Yes, there are many and notable exceptions, but that's the clear trend. As a young Christian I devoured great books, such as A. W. Tozer's Knowledge of the Holy, J. I. Packer's Knowing God, C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, and Francis Schaeffer's He is There and He is Not Silent. These and many other great books are available to young people today, but not many are reading them.

Most importantly, the Bible itself is a book, sixty six books in one. If our young people are not readers, then they will not be readers of God's Word. If they aren't readers of God's Word, their spiritual lives will dead end. The church's future leaders will not know what God has said, and when that happens how can the church function as the body of Christ when it is disconnected from the mind of Christ?

We're already seeing the first wave of biblical illiteracy among many current church leaders. When Scripture says an elder must be "able to teach" this implies much more than communicative skill. It requires an active working knowledge of God's Word. In my opinion, no one should be a church leader—whether an elder or overseer or pastor who anyone who gives direction to the church—unless he is a daily student of God's Word and knows it far better than he knows the contestants on Survivor and American Idol. And he should be far more passionate about Scripture than about television programs, movies, golf, football, NASCAR, politics, blogging, or other interests.

Tragically, Christian adults, including many current church leaders and even some pastors, are so immersed in popular culture and so undisciplined that they do not turn off the television and devote themselves to daily study of God's Word and reading of Christian books centered on God's Word. What kind of role model are we being to the next generation? What are we doing to motivate them and help them unplug the distractions, silence the cell phones and become passionate students of God's Word, listening to the still, small voice of God that will otherwise be drowned out by our incessant cultural noise?

I recently heard a literacy and reading expert quote the statistics on functional illiteracy, including the fact that many young people can't read, and many who CAN read DON'T read. It's alarming. Even Christian children raised in evangelical homes and churches are woefully ignorant of Scripture.

The church I attend would probably be in the 90th percentile when it comes to Bible teaching and knowledge. But ten years ago my wife gave a Bible quiz to a class of sixth graders at our church, nearly all of whom were from Christian homes and attended regularly. It was a large class, but how many of them do you think knew the answer to the question, "Who was King Solomon's father?" A grand total of one, who happened to be a pastor's kid—though many pastor's kids might have missed it.

My point is not that knowing Bible facts makes you godly. Of course, it doesn't. We could raise a generation of little Pharisees who know all the verses but have no heart for God. But children with a heart for God will only sustain it and grow in sanctification if they feed upon God's Word.

Are we memorizing Scripture? Are we encouraging our children to memorize Scripture, and doing it with them? Do we have a systematic plan of a few hundred verses to memorize and review with our children, covering basic areas of Christian theology? How can we expect our children to cultivate and persevere in a Christian worldview without helping them hide God's Word in their hearts?

I recently said to a pastor at my church that if I had it to do over again, and could help restart our church, I would have an ongoing Bible Survey and Bible Doctrine course and beef up our adult and children's education to make sure we are cultivating an environment in which people are drawn into the text of Scripture, weekly in church and daily in their homes. To daily study, meditate on, discuss and live out the truths of God's Word...this is what we desperately need.

Many people who have grown up in our churches know all the characters in the television programs Lost and 24 by name, but if pressed to name the twelve tribes of Israel (in many cases, even the apostles), they wouldn't get more than a couple. Ask "give two passages that indicate Christ is the only way to God," and you won't have to wonder why people are not sharing their faith in Christ. They don't know what to share. How can you share what you don't know? How can you know if you do not know God's Word?

God promises His Word will not return to Him empty, without accomplishing the purpose for which he sent it. God's Word, in the hands of His Holy Spirit, has the power to transform lives, to shape them for eternity. But our sanctification, as individuals and families and churches, can only go so far if we are not steadily gazing into God's Word. Jesus prayed, "Sanctify them in the truth; Thy Word is truth."

While I'm on the subject of God's Word, you might check out the May-June issue of Bible Study Magazine, a new publication which is dedicated to providing readers with tools and methods for Bible study. In the article "Real-Life Make-Believe," I talk about how fiction—much like the parables of Jesus—has the power to illustrate biblical principles and spiritual concepts.

Eternal Perspective Ministries and Bible Study Magazine are teaming up to give away 40 signed copies of my book Heaven. Bible Study Magazine is also giving away five (5) one-year subscriptions and a copy of Bible Study Library from Logos Bible Software. (I use Logos Bible Software daily, it's a terrific aid to Bible study.) To enter the giveaway and learn more about Bible Study Magazine, visit www.biblestudymagazine.com/alcorn


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A Triumphant Life: William Borden

Five years ago I received an e-mail from our friends Pat and Rakel Thurman, who had been corresponding with a tour group that was going to Egypt. This group had a special request: they hoped to find the humble grave of missionary William Borden, which was mentioned in my book The Treasure Principle. Pat and Rakel, who were missionaries in Egypt for several years, later received an e-mail and a photo from the group after they successfully found Borden's grave.

Here's what they wrote:

Thanks so much for helping us find the grave of William Borden. After visiting the Cairo Museum and seeing King Tut's riches in the morning of May 5, we came here that afternoon. What a contrast! This was a highlight of our trip. We sang together here, "I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold, I'd rather be His than have riches untold, I'd rather have Jesus than houses or lands, I'd rather be led by His nail-pierced hand, Than to be the king of a vast domain, and be held in sin's dread sway, I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today." Many of us could not keep the tears back as we sang and prayed.

Here's the story I told that prompted them to find Borden's tomb, and then to write the Thurmans and us:

In 1988, when our daughters were seven and nine, Nanci and I and the girls took a two month trip in which we visited missionaries in Egypt, Kenya, Greece and Austria. It was during that trip, while staying with Pat and Rakel in Egypt, that we saw Borden's grave.

The streets of Cairo were hot and dusty. Our missionary friends took us down an alley. We drove past Arabic signs to a gate that opened to a plot of overgrown grass. It was a graveyard for American missionaries.

As my family and I followed, Pat pointed to a sun-scorched tombstone that read: “William Borden, 1887–1913.”

Borden, a Yale graduate and heir to great wealth, rejected a life of ease in order to bring the gospel to Muslims. Refusing even to buy himself a car, Borden gave away hundreds of thousands of dollars to missions. After only four months of zealous ministry in Egypt, he con­tracted spinal meningitis and died at the age of twenty-five.

I dusted off the epitaph on Borden’s grave. After describing his love and sacrifices for the kingdom of God and for Muslim people, the inscription ended with a phrase I’ve never forgotten: “Apart from faith in Christ, there is no explanation for such a life.”

The Thurmans took us straight from Borden’s grave to the Egyptian National Museum. The King Tut exhibit was mind-boggling.

Tutankhamen, the boy king, was only seventeen when he died. He was buried with solid gold chariots and thou­sands of golden artifacts. His gold coffin was found within gold tombs within gold tombs within gold tombs. The burial site was filled with tons of gold.

The Egyptians believed in an afterlife—one where they could take earthly treasures. But all the treasures intended for King Tut’s eternal enjoyment stayed right where they were until Howard Carter discovered the burial chamber in 1922. They hadn’t been touched for more than three thou­sand years.

I was struck by the contrast between these two graves. Borden’s was obscure, dusty, and hidden off the back alley of a street littered with garbage. Tutankhamen’s tomb glit­tered with unimaginable wealth. Yet where are these two young men now? One, who lived in opulence and called himself king, is in the misery of a Christless eternity. The other, who lived a modest life on earth in service of the one true King, is enjoying his everlasting reward in the presence of his Lord.

Tut’s life was tragic because of an awful truth discovered too late—he couldn’t take his treasures with him. William Borden’s life was triumphant. Why? Because instead of leav­ing behind his treasures, he sent them on ahead.


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Announcing the Winners of the April Giveaway

Here are the winners from this month’s giveaway! Each of the three winners will receive Randy’s Theology of Money DVD class as well as a copy of the book Money, Possessions and Eternity.

The randomly drawn winners are:

1) Don Helfer
2) ericdylan2-bookstore
3) The Farmer’s Wife

All winners, please e-mail me at stephanie@epm.org with your mailing address.

All money and giving related books, including Money, Possessions and Eternity and The Treasure Principle, are on sale from EPM at a 40% discount through the end of April. We’re also having a gift book sale through the end of April, and offering 50 Days of Heaven and In Light of Eternity at a 40% discount. They’re great gifts for Mother’s Day or graduations.

Check back at Randy’s blog on Monday, May 4 for the next book giveaway—we’ll be giving away gift sets of Randy’s books The Grace & Truth Paradox, The Purity Principle, and The Treasure Principle.

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Dr. Oz on Oprah: "the stem cell debate is dead"

My friend Denny Hartford, director of Vital Signs Ministries, brought this video to my attention on his blog. Denny writes, "Wouldn't it be nice if we could get a clear, concise and persuasive presentation of adult stem cells as being the only valid hope for Parkinson's, diabetes, and other diseases on a popular national TV program like Oprah?"

Well, it happened. Dr. Mehmet Oz, health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, appeared on the show earlier this month and during a segment with Oprah and actor Michael J. Fox announced that due to advances in adult stem cell technology, the debate over embryonic stem cells “is dead.”

Click here to watch the video.

For those who would like to read more about the moral objections to embryonic stem cell research, Scott Klusendorf, director of bioethics for Stand to Reason, has written a great article that's available on the EPM site.

While I'm on the prolife subject, those in the Pacific Northwest might be interested in attending the Hands for Life Workshop. This prolife workshop, which offers training in practical ways to help the unborn and their mothers, features special guests Denny and Claire Hartford of Vital Signs Ministries. Admission is free. It will be held May 8 and 9, 2009 at Crossroads Church in Portland, Oregon. For more information and to register, visit http://handsforlife.us/


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A Breath of Fresh Air, God’s Common Grace

If you haven’t seen this video, it’ll make your day. I just watched it again as I took a brief break from final revisions on my book.

Think of it as God’s common grace at work in this world. In the midst of mundane pressures and cares, including yours and mine and those of commuters in Antwerp, Belgium, comes sheer delight. A gift. And all gifts are ultimately from Him, the Creator behind all that is creative, the Delight behind the delightful, the Good behind all goodness.

Let it remind you of God’s gifts, large and small. And let it serve as a foretaste of eternal delight in the resurrection, on God’s New Earth: “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11).



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Financial Challenges, Worry and Giving

Recently I was interviewed for a segment that aired on the Coral Ridge Hour, called "How now should Christians live in today's current economy?"


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I'm speaking next week at a Generous Giving conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. As I'm working hard to finish up final revisions of my book If God is Good... Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil, I'm also thinking about giving and stewardship in light of the financial challenges so many people are facing. Many people find themselves worrying.

Worry has a way of chasing after us. It tries to grab hold of us, bleed off our energy, and rob us of joy by limiting our vision to a short-sighted perspective of this life's circumstances. That's why one of my favorite passages is Matthew 6:19-34, where Jesus unveils an investment formula for a secure future and a worry-free present.

In this great sermon, Jesus doesn't tell us not to store up treasures. On the contrary, he commands us to store up treasures (v. 20). He's saying, "Stop storing them up in the wrong place (earth), and start storing them up in the right place (Heaven)." He also says "store up treasures for yourselves." When we follow Jesus, we act not only in His best interests but in ours. No matter how difficult the challenges of the moment, we can be assured that "they are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

This was Paul's consuming motivation throughout his life—the prospect of eternal reward from his Master's hand (1 Corinthians 9:24-27), and it was his greatest anticipation at his death (2 Timothy 4:6-8).

Most of us see no further than the horizons of this world. To correct our shortsightedness, God prescribes a vision correction that allows us to see through the lens of eternity. Suddenly we realize this present life is but a brief window of opportunity to invest in what will last for eternity.

In Matthew 6, Jesus says there is only one safe place to invest, and that is in the Kingdom of God. He says, in essence, "You can't take it with you," but he adds a life-changing corollary: "but you can send it on ahead."

As Christ's disciples, we have inside knowledge of a major change in the worldwide social and economic situation. There is a coming holocaust during which no earthly possession will survive (2 Peter 3:10). The currency of this world—its money, possessions, values, fashions, and whims—will be worthless at our death or at Christ's return, both of which are imminent. This "insider's tip" should radically affect our investment strategy. To accumulate vast earthly treasures in the face of this knowledge is equivalent to stockpiling Confederate money in a Union economy.

Financial planners have a hard time convincing people to look down the road instead of just focusing on today, this week, or this year. "Don't think one year," they'll tell you, "think thirty years from now." Then they'll share ways to prepare for thirty years from now by budgeting, saving so much a month, contributing to an IRA, investing in this mutual fund or that real estate partnership.

But it's only slightly less short-sighted to think thirty years down the road than to think thirty days. The wise man does indeed think thirty years ahead, but far more—he thinks an eternity ahead. He thinks not just to his retirement years, not merely to the end of his earthly life, but far beyond. He plans for the day that he will stand before the Lord, and he prepares for the eternity that will follow.

Following Christ doesn't always improve our circumstances—some of my circumstances (including my income) would be better if I hadn't followed the Lord. But better for what? Better for accumulating earthly possessions, but not better for laying up treasures in Heaven and experiencing the exhilaration of trusting God to provide.

What following Christ does change is our perspective. The unbeliever's vision is restricted to the horizons of this world. But we have the big picture. We know this life is the preface to the book, the tune-up to the concert. If we are wise investors, we will spend our lives buying up shares in the world to come.


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Heaven: Who really knows what's ahead?

Readers might like to check out this article about Randy, which appeared on the front page of The Oregonian newspaper on Easter Sunday. The online version of the article, which focused on Randy's beliefs about Heaven, is followed by several comments, many of which are quite hostile. "I think this reflects the anti-Christian mood in this area of the country," Randy said about the comments. "The level of intolerance of pro-tolerance people is sometimes amazing."

Here are a few excerpts from the story:

On Easter, Christians celebrate their conviction that Jesus was resurrected and is preparing a place for them in heaven. But many are uncertain about the details.

A 2005 Newsweek poll found that 80 percent of Americans believe they're headed to heaven but only half of them think of resurrection as a physical event, one that will include a new body for every believer.

That comes as no surprise to Randy Alcorn of Gresham, a former pastor and author of more than 30 books that are widely read by evangelical Christians. His 2004 book, "Heaven," has sold more than 500,000 copies [It’s now 600,000] and inspired a line of study guides and related books. Alcorn is convinced that many Christians don't know or understand what the Bible says about the afterlife.

"A lot of people think heaven is [limited to] where you go when you die," he says. But Randy Alcorn says Christians' final destination is the "New Earth," which he describes as "a resurrected life in a resurrected body, with the resurrected Christ on a resurrected Earth."

***

Alcorn was a pastor at Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring when his mother became gravely ill in 1981.

"I sat with her every day and read these chapters to her over and over," he says, opening his well-worn Bible studded with Post-it notes. "What struck me, as I read, was how tangible it all was." The description of a new heaven and earth "wasn't 'floaty' or spiritualized."

"There was a river going through the city. And a tree of life grew there, and it was bearing new fruit every month. The kings of the Earth were bringing their treasures into the city. There were streets, people walking and eating. There was water, vegetation and animals [I said that not based on this passage, but Isaiah 60 and 65]. ... This was New Earth."

And I thought to myself, 'Wow.'"

***

"Knowing the story—the unfolding drama of redemption—knowing where it starts and where it ends is immensely helpful when you're living in the middle."

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Thoughts on Easter and the Resurrection

Our future resurrection is solidly grounded on Christ's past resurrection. No wonder the devil is so adamantly opposed to Easter, and the historicity of Christ's resurrection, and all it means (including Satan's doom).

In the late 1990s, a group of scholars assembled to evaluate whether Jesus actually said the things attributed to him by the Gospel writers. Although they employed remarkably subjective criteria in their evaluation of Scripture, members of the self-appointed "Jesus Seminar" were widely quoted by the media as authorities on the Christian faith.

Marcus Borg, a Jesus Seminar leader, said this of Christ's resurrection: "As a child, I took it for granted that Easter meant that Jesus literally rose from the dead. I now see Easter very differently. For me, it is irrelevant whether or not the tomb was empty. Whether Easter involved something remarkable happening to the physical body of Jesus is irrelevant."

As a child, Borg was right. As an adult—though considered a spokesman for Christianity—he couldn't be more wrong. What Borg calls irrelevant—the physical resurrection of Christ's body—the apostle Paul considered absolutely essential to the Christian faith. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. . . . [and] we are to be pitied more than all men" (1 Corinthians 15:17, 19).

The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of redemption—both for mankind and for the earth. Indeed, without Christ's resurrection and what it means—an eternal future for fully restored human beings dwelling on a fully restored Earth—there is no Christianity.

John Updike wrote of Christ's resurrection,

"Make no mistake: if he rose at all it was as His body; if the cells' dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the Church will fail. Let us not mock God with metaphor, analogy, sidestepping transcendence; making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the faded credulity of earlier ages; let us walk through the door."


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What should I do to be successful in following Christ?

A. W. Tozer wrote "Every soul belongs to God, and exists by His pleasure. God being who and what He is and we being who and what we are, the only thinkable relation between us is one of full Lordship on His part and complete submission on ours."

Psalm 1 says this:

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers [Paraphrase: Blessed is the man who does not so abide in his culture that the ways of his culture abide in him];

…But His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night [By spiritual disciplines he abides in God's Word and God's Word abides in him],

…He is like a tree planted by streams of water [The tree does not plant itself; we do daily plant ourselves by the source of nourishment we choose; the question is where—talk radio, TV, movies, video games, magazines, newspaper, God's Word, books that call upon God's Word?]

…which yields it fruits in season [The spiritual disciplines will make a noticeable life difference in the long run, bearing good and obvious fruit]

…and whose leaf does not wither [Producing perseverance and longevity and consistency in the spiritual life]

…Whatever he does prospers [A successful life, in God's eyes, involves stepping back even from the things our culture thinks constitute success to abide in our Lord and His Word; apart from Him we can do nothing; if we abide in Him we are a success by His measurement: and His measurement is all that matters.]

It all goes back to choosing to put our bodies at God's disposal, to meditate upon His Word and obey it. But how can we obey what is not first in our minds, and how can it be in our minds unless we carve out the time and take actual steps to put it there? Only then will we be able to identify, filter out and reject the world's wisdom and values and temptations that constitute a false worldview, a death-giving alternative to the life-giving gospel of God's kingdom.


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Giveaway of the month: Theology of Money DVD class and Money, Possessions and Eternity

The giveaway is now closed. Check if your name was drawn as a winner, and also be sure to check back on May 4 for the next giveaway.

With today’s challenging economy, it's time to rethink our perspectives on money and possessions—to see them as God's provision for our good, the good of others, and his glory.

This month, three randomly drawn winners will receive Randy’s Theology of Money DVD class along with Money, Possessions and Eternity.

The Theology of Money Class is a 6-DVD set (12 one-hour sessions) of Randy Alcorn teaching at Western Seminary. The class explores the biblical doctrine of money and possessions, with special emphasis on using them to impact lives for eternity. With a view toward God's glory and eternal rewards, it includes practical application and attention to the stewardship of money in churches, families, and personal lifestyle choices.

Money, Possessions and Eternity, one of the course texts, is a practical and refreshing theology of money that contains topical and Scripture indexes, a study guide, and five helpful appendices.

The class handouts, syllabus, scripture study, and PowerPoints, as well as mp3s of the class and links to recommended supplemental books, are all available for free at the EPM website.

Watch a video clip from the beginning of the class:



(All money and giving-related books are also on sale from EPM during the month of April at a 40% discount. Sale excludes Theology of Money DVD and other CDs and DVDs.)

Here’s how to enter:

Leave a comment on this post by Friday, April 24. (If you're reading this post on Amazon or elsewhere, visit http://randyalcorn.blogspot.com/2009/04/giveaway-of-month-theology-of-money-dvd.html to leave your comment.)

In order to qualify for the giveaway, you must include your contact information (a blog, e-mail address, or website), otherwise we cannot contact you if your name is drawn. Need help posting a comment? Click here for step-by-step instructions. For further assistance, contact me at stephanie@epm.org

The three randomly drawn winners will be announced in a blog post on Monday, April 27, so be sure to check back and see if you won.

If you're a previous winner, rather than entering, we'd encourage you to share this giveaway with friends who are not familiar with Randy's books and Eternal Perspective Ministries.

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Joe Bayly Still Speaks to Me

Those who read my post The Christian Book Expo, and "Stunned by J.I. Packer" might be interested in checking out Tangle.com, which has posted the entire video of the panel discussion "A Guided Tour of Heaven and Hell." It's a ninety minute panel, but Dr. Packer's part that stunned me was toward the end of his opening statement. If you break in at about twenty minutes into the session and watch it for a couple of minutes you'll see it, and my reaction.

When I was a young Christian, one of my favorite writers was Joseph Bayly, who then wrote a wonderful column for Eternity Magazine, called “Out of My Mind.” When I was in Bible college, and when Nanci and I were young marrieds, and Eternity arrived in the mail, I always immediately turned to Joe’s column.

Joseph Bayly and his wife lost three of their children. One at eighteen days, after surgery. Another at five years, from leukemia, and a third at eighteen years (a sledding accident coupled with hemophilia). Joe spoke honestly, and from his heart. He grieved for his children, and he stood strong for his Lord.

In 1986 Joe joined the three of his children who were already home with the Lord. Eternity Magazine printed its last issue in 1988. Joe was the author of some great books with interesting titles, including The Gospel Blimp (an intriguing book that was made into a movie), I Saw Gooley Fly, A View From a Hearse, and Winter Flight. In 1969, the year I came to Christ, Joe also wrote a little book called Psalms of My Life. It contained a poem that I typed up in the seventies, and placed on the wall by my desk at our first apartment.

Later Nanci and I put it in a book we wrote together, called Women Under Stress. Not long ago I bumped into that poem again. Regardless of what burdens and concerns and responsibilities you’re facing, I hope this encourages you as it still does me, after all these years. It’s entitled “A Psalm While Packing Books.” (I also put in the manuscript of my upcoming book If God is Good...)

This cardboard box

Lord

see it says

Bursting limit

100 lbs. Per square inch.

The box maker knew

how much strain

the box would take

what weight

would crush it.

You are wiser

than the box maker

maker of my spirit

my mind

my body.

Does the box know

when pressure increases close to

the limit?

No

It knows nothing.

But I know

when my breaking point

Is near.

And so I pray

Maker of my soul

Determiner of the pressure

within

upon

me

Stop it

lest I be broken

Or else

change the pressure rating

of this fragile container

of your grace

so that I may bear more.

Thanks, Joe. And thanks for your investment in my life. I look forward to meeting you face to face. And meeting Mary Lou and all your children.

And thanks, Lord, for Joe Bayly and countless others I've not yet met, from centuries and places way beyond my reach, who you've sovereignly used to touch me and draw me to you. I long for the day when I will sit by them at tables at feasts on the New Earth, where we will forever celebrate your greatness, and your marvelous works on our behalf.


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