Lindsay Clancy and Our Culture of Death
Lindsay Clancy and Our Culture of Death
Lindsay Clancy and Our Culture of Death
As the Apostle Paul writes from imprisonment, he exhorts the Christians in Colossae to have a fixed and heavenly mindset. He commands them to put to death what is earthly within them. They are not to return to the sinful passions that once held them in bondage, but to walk in truth, holiness, love, and the peace of Christ. They had been rescued from the domain of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son. Therefore Paul writes, “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
“Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:” 2 Peter 1:1 NASBS
The prophet Habakkuk lived during a dark season in Israel’s history. Violence, injustice, and corruption filled the land. As he looked upon the sin of Judah, he cried out for God to act. Yet when God answered, His response was not what Habakkuk expected. The Lord declared that He would raise up the Babylonians as His instrument of judgment. Habakkuk struggled to understand how God could use a nation more wicked than Judah to accomplish His purposes. In the midst of his questions, God reminded him that while the proud would surely perish, the righteous would live by faith. God’s people were to trust Him even when they could not fully understand His ways.
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