Notes On Life

 For decades people have had been captivated about the sinking of the TITANIC. Although this disaster happened over 100 years ago there has been an endless stream of books, articles, and movies made on this famous ship and the souls lost in the ensuing tragedy. The question however is WHY are people continually fascinated by this ship — and the reason why is history repeating itself. The Titanic was in one sense a modern day version of the Tower of Babel — that is, an achievement of such stupendous accomplishment that promised safety from aquatic danger while also boasting the brilliance of man. Those that created and sailed on Titanic were proud of it’s touted invincibility, and just like the builders of the ancient Tower of Babel boasted that another great flood would never overcome it, the Titanic builders also boasted no water could ever sink it. People in the same way live the voyage of their lives like passengers on the Titanic . On their ‘Ship Of Life’ most believe that sin...

 “Lest” is an archaic but very relevant word that always warns of pending trouble. It’s a useful conjunction of CAUTION between the possibility of either Safety or Danger , so depending on which side of the ‘Lest’ you are standing always determines one of those two outcomes. Lest is mentioned over two hundred times in scripture, and Adam and Eve were the first to find out the consequence of being on the wrong side of “Lest”  — not only to themselves — but to the FALL of the entire world cast into sin. Such is the seriousness of this word when used in scripture! The Bible gives numerous examples of LEST, and Jesus not only warned us about this, but also gave the solution when he said “Watch ye and pray, LEST ye enter into temptation.” When we are reading God’s Word consistently and praying for guidance, this acts just like a large road sign warning us of the “Lest” danger ahead — which if ignored — always leads to a great FALL. Friend, we are all given free will and daily are prese...

 Walking around Rio de Janeiro as a young man in the Navy was exciting! The beaches, city and weather were absolutely beautiful and it was easy to get distracted by so much to see. Glancing across a wide boulevard jutting above the yacht harbor was “Sugarloaf” mountain and when the light turned green, I hurriedly stepped off the curb to cross the street to get a closer look. No sooner than I did, a little Fiat going about 60 miles an hour ran the stop light, but the strong hand of my weightlifting Navy buddy snatched me by the collar and violently yanked me back off my feet as the car clipped the curb - my flailing shoe lightly brushing the car’ side view mirror as the car raced by. My friend 'Rack' scolded me saying, “They don’t obey traffic lights down here son! When no one’s coming they just GO!” I certainly would have been killed if my shipmate had not literally had my back. I didn’t see the danger coming, and likewise in our lives God often delivers us from dangers we als...