I've always loved liturgical worship and I've never made any secrets of that. Even when I was pastoring in an evangelical church I tried to incorporate as many liturgical elements into the service as I could. I find great beauty, comfort and holiness in the liturgy.
I have heard many of my evangelical friends criticizing the liturgy as being "vain repetition." I think this is due to ignorance more than anything. A cursory study of Jewish and Christian history will show that liturgical worship was the norm until after the Reformation. The truth is that the vast majority of Christians still worship in a liturgical fashion whether they be Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Orthodox.
I recently read a great book called "Beyond Smells and Bells" by Mark Galli. Mark is a former evangelical who became an Anglican because he fell in love with liturgical worship. In his book he makes this statement, "In a culture that values spontaneity, the liturgy grounds us in something enduring. In a culture that assumes that truth is a product of the mind, the liturgy helps us experience truth in both mind and body. In a world demanding instant relevance, the liturgy gives us the patience to live into a relevance the world does not know."
Things like reciting the Creed, praying the Lord's Prayer, and partaking of the Eucharist every Sunday remind me that I am a part of something much bigger than myself. It reminds me that I am a part of the mystical Body of Christ, the Church universal, the Communion of the Saints. It instills in me a sense of awe and mystery which is appropriate when one remembers that we are worshiping a living God who is the ground of all being and the source of all things. God is mysterious. His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts.
I have recently discovered the convergence movement which is seeking to meld the three streams of Christianity together; evangelical, liturgical, and charismatic. I like this because it is, in my humble opinion, Biblical. I am currently attending an Anglican church where the service is just such a blend. The liturgy is read and prayed, with guitars and keyboards leading in ancient hymns and modern praise choruses, while people pray aloud during the petitions, and lift up holy hands when they feel moved to do so. The priests preach evangelical sermons and encourage personal holiness and a missionary lifestyle.
As Rich Mullins (a litugical Methodist) used to sing, "Our God is an awesome God!" So I say let us worship Him in the beauty of His holiness. When I bow as the crucifer goes by I do so in homage to the One who died to save my soul. When I make the sign of the cross I do so in honor of the Holy Trinity. When I smell the incense I remember that my prayers, and the prayers of all the saints, are rising to Heaven. Liturgical worship helps me to worship God with all of my senses. We have been commanded to worship the Almighty with body, soul, and spirit. The liturgy helps me to do just that.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Seven Deadly Sins of Fundamentalism
Most of you are familiar with the Seven Deadly Sins recognized by the Roman Catholic Church: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. I don't necessarily subscribe to just seven deadly sins (all sin is deadly!) but they are at least Biblical.
Being raised in an independent Baptist Church I became familiar with a different set of deadly sins. Now the list of these sins is infinite, but I'll give you the Big 7! So here is my list of the Seven Deadly Sins of Fundamentalism.
1. Smoking. This is one of the first tenants of being a good fundamentalist...Thou shalt not smoke. One old preacher used to say "If you ain't going to hell why would you want to smell like it!" Clever. Of course he used to say this from the pulpit while his wife was out back of the church smoking. Folks, smoking may be bad for your health (what isn't these days) but it is not going to send you to hell. Some of the most famous Christians of the modern era smoked and if they didn't make it to Heaven I'm outta luck! The original picture on the paperback cover of Mere Christianity was one of C.S. Lewis sitting in a lounge chair smoking a cigarette at Cambridge University. Charles Spurgeon, probably the most famous Baptist preacher of all time, used to smoke cigars. A parishioner of his once asked him if smoking was a sin and he said, "Only if I smoke two cigars at once, sir," (See Gluttony under the RC 7 Deadly Sins)
2. Drinking. This sin should probably be number one as it will send you to hell faster than any other known to mankind. Alcohol is the Devil's Kool-Aid! It, not the love of money, is the root of all evil. Thou shalt not drink. But here's where we run into a sticky wicket, indeed. All throughout the Bible we see people (i.e., prophets, priests, kings, and even Jesus himself) drinking. The whole "wine is really grape juice" argument doesn't fly if you know anything about the original Biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. As if that were not bad enough there is even mention of beer and liquor in the Bible (Hush your mouth, Rick!) The only prohibition to drinking in the Bible is the admonition not to get drunk. It was such a rarity not to drink that Nazarites (like Samson and possibly Paul) had to take special vows not to do it. Folks, Jesus turned water into wine...let the party begin!
3. Dancing. Oh the horrors of the human body writhing in lustful movement. As the old joke goes, "Why don't Baptists have sex standing up? For fear that it lead to dancing!" Thou shalt not dance. It is a well known fact that dancing leads to sex and sex leads to pleasure and we can have none of that! But wait a minute. What about the prophet/king David dancing before the Ark of the Covenant? Or what about the Biblical admonitions to dance before the Lord. There must be some mistake here. There is, but it is not the Bible's mistake.
4. Since I've already mentioned the "S" word let's talk about sex. Thou shalt not have sex except to procreate. I've always been a little confused by this one. If sex is so bad why do so many fundamentalist preachers like to do it. Remember Jimmy Swaggart? How about Jim Baker? Sex was created for multiple purposes. The first and foremost being procreation. No arguments here. But if that is its only purpose why does Paul tell married couples that their spouses body is theirs and vice-versa? He says that we are not to abstain from sex unless it is mutually consented to. I'm going to let you in on a little secret...when done within the confines of marriage and mutually agreed to, almost anything goes. Read the Song of Solomon in a modern translation if you would like a little erotic reading this evening.
5. Long-hair. When I was a kid we were always told that long hair was a sign of being a sinner and a closet homosexual. Only women should have long hair. Men should always have their hair cut above the collar and off of the forehead. Men, thou shalt not have long hair. Now maybe my inquisitiveness has been more of a curse than a blessing because I'm always pondering things. I've often pondered how a preacher could stand in the pulpit and condemn men with long hair while being overshadowed by a giant picture of Jesus with long hair. There was nothing effiminate about Jesus. He was a man's man! He was a carpenter by trade, an intellectual, a radical, and oh yeah, HE WAS AND IS THE SON OF GOD! Enough said about that one.
6. Cussing. Now I'm going to catch some flack for this one. A cardinal tenet of all good religious folk is - Thou shalt not cuss. I agree that cussing is not always a good thing. But I do need to point out that there is a difference between cussing and cursing. Cussing is using slang venacular that some find offensive. Cursing is Biblical prohibited because it is calling down evil upon the person or thing it is directed toward. We are told to bless, not curse. No arguments here. But cussing is a time honored Biblical (that's right) and Christian tradition. I need to remind you of the time that Elijah asked the prophets of Baal if their god was taking a shit while they cut themselves waiting for him to respond. That is literally what it says in the Hebrew and it was just as offensive then as it is now. That's why he said it. Or maybe I need to remind you of the time Jesus compared a Gentile woman to a bitch when talking about crumbs from the table. Look up the Koine Greek if you don't believe me. And again, it was just as offensive then as it is now. It was meant to be. Or maybe you should read some of the early Reformation literature put out by Martin Luther and others. It would offend you puritanical sensibilities.
7. The King James Bible only. There is no true Word of God except the King James Version of the Bible. You've probably heard the story of the woman who was offended one Sunday when the pastor read from the new-fangled NIV Bible. She promptly confronted the pastor and reminded him that if the King James Version was good enough for Jesus it ought to be good enough for him! I actually had to take a class on this in Bible college. I'm not going to bore you with the details of the Alexandrian Text or the Masoretic Text and such that were used to translate the modern Bible. The reality is that no matter what modern translation you use they are 98.5% in total agreement with each other. You will find it interesting that Jesus actually was a rebel when it came to modern translations. The first century Jews believed that the Hebrew translation was the only true translation of the Bible. Yet when Jesus quoted the Bible he did so from the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Bible. This is why when you read the Gospels the Old Testament quotations are sometimes a little different. Jesus used the version of the Bible that was written for the common folk in the street language of the day.
I want to say that these observations are from my own personal experiences and I am not trying to pick on the Baptist. That is just what I know. But I can tell you the same is true in many other evangelical and pentecostal traditions. Martin Luther once said, "Where the Bible speaks, speak. Where it is silent, be silent." St. Augustine said something similar centuries before. We do not need to add to the Bible. The real sin is adding or taking away words from the Bible.
There are plenty of sins that are "real" listed in the Bible that we each struggle with. Why do we want to add to our guilt un-necessarily?
Being raised in an independent Baptist Church I became familiar with a different set of deadly sins. Now the list of these sins is infinite, but I'll give you the Big 7! So here is my list of the Seven Deadly Sins of Fundamentalism.
1. Smoking. This is one of the first tenants of being a good fundamentalist...Thou shalt not smoke. One old preacher used to say "If you ain't going to hell why would you want to smell like it!" Clever. Of course he used to say this from the pulpit while his wife was out back of the church smoking. Folks, smoking may be bad for your health (what isn't these days) but it is not going to send you to hell. Some of the most famous Christians of the modern era smoked and if they didn't make it to Heaven I'm outta luck! The original picture on the paperback cover of Mere Christianity was one of C.S. Lewis sitting in a lounge chair smoking a cigarette at Cambridge University. Charles Spurgeon, probably the most famous Baptist preacher of all time, used to smoke cigars. A parishioner of his once asked him if smoking was a sin and he said, "Only if I smoke two cigars at once, sir," (See Gluttony under the RC 7 Deadly Sins)
2. Drinking. This sin should probably be number one as it will send you to hell faster than any other known to mankind. Alcohol is the Devil's Kool-Aid! It, not the love of money, is the root of all evil. Thou shalt not drink. But here's where we run into a sticky wicket, indeed. All throughout the Bible we see people (i.e., prophets, priests, kings, and even Jesus himself) drinking. The whole "wine is really grape juice" argument doesn't fly if you know anything about the original Biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. As if that were not bad enough there is even mention of beer and liquor in the Bible (Hush your mouth, Rick!) The only prohibition to drinking in the Bible is the admonition not to get drunk. It was such a rarity not to drink that Nazarites (like Samson and possibly Paul) had to take special vows not to do it. Folks, Jesus turned water into wine...let the party begin!
3. Dancing. Oh the horrors of the human body writhing in lustful movement. As the old joke goes, "Why don't Baptists have sex standing up? For fear that it lead to dancing!" Thou shalt not dance. It is a well known fact that dancing leads to sex and sex leads to pleasure and we can have none of that! But wait a minute. What about the prophet/king David dancing before the Ark of the Covenant? Or what about the Biblical admonitions to dance before the Lord. There must be some mistake here. There is, but it is not the Bible's mistake.
4. Since I've already mentioned the "S" word let's talk about sex. Thou shalt not have sex except to procreate. I've always been a little confused by this one. If sex is so bad why do so many fundamentalist preachers like to do it. Remember Jimmy Swaggart? How about Jim Baker? Sex was created for multiple purposes. The first and foremost being procreation. No arguments here. But if that is its only purpose why does Paul tell married couples that their spouses body is theirs and vice-versa? He says that we are not to abstain from sex unless it is mutually consented to. I'm going to let you in on a little secret...when done within the confines of marriage and mutually agreed to, almost anything goes. Read the Song of Solomon in a modern translation if you would like a little erotic reading this evening.
5. Long-hair. When I was a kid we were always told that long hair was a sign of being a sinner and a closet homosexual. Only women should have long hair. Men should always have their hair cut above the collar and off of the forehead. Men, thou shalt not have long hair. Now maybe my inquisitiveness has been more of a curse than a blessing because I'm always pondering things. I've often pondered how a preacher could stand in the pulpit and condemn men with long hair while being overshadowed by a giant picture of Jesus with long hair. There was nothing effiminate about Jesus. He was a man's man! He was a carpenter by trade, an intellectual, a radical, and oh yeah, HE WAS AND IS THE SON OF GOD! Enough said about that one.
6. Cussing. Now I'm going to catch some flack for this one. A cardinal tenet of all good religious folk is - Thou shalt not cuss. I agree that cussing is not always a good thing. But I do need to point out that there is a difference between cussing and cursing. Cussing is using slang venacular that some find offensive. Cursing is Biblical prohibited because it is calling down evil upon the person or thing it is directed toward. We are told to bless, not curse. No arguments here. But cussing is a time honored Biblical (that's right) and Christian tradition. I need to remind you of the time that Elijah asked the prophets of Baal if their god was taking a shit while they cut themselves waiting for him to respond. That is literally what it says in the Hebrew and it was just as offensive then as it is now. That's why he said it. Or maybe I need to remind you of the time Jesus compared a Gentile woman to a bitch when talking about crumbs from the table. Look up the Koine Greek if you don't believe me. And again, it was just as offensive then as it is now. It was meant to be. Or maybe you should read some of the early Reformation literature put out by Martin Luther and others. It would offend you puritanical sensibilities.
7. The King James Bible only. There is no true Word of God except the King James Version of the Bible. You've probably heard the story of the woman who was offended one Sunday when the pastor read from the new-fangled NIV Bible. She promptly confronted the pastor and reminded him that if the King James Version was good enough for Jesus it ought to be good enough for him! I actually had to take a class on this in Bible college. I'm not going to bore you with the details of the Alexandrian Text or the Masoretic Text and such that were used to translate the modern Bible. The reality is that no matter what modern translation you use they are 98.5% in total agreement with each other. You will find it interesting that Jesus actually was a rebel when it came to modern translations. The first century Jews believed that the Hebrew translation was the only true translation of the Bible. Yet when Jesus quoted the Bible he did so from the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Bible. This is why when you read the Gospels the Old Testament quotations are sometimes a little different. Jesus used the version of the Bible that was written for the common folk in the street language of the day.
I want to say that these observations are from my own personal experiences and I am not trying to pick on the Baptist. That is just what I know. But I can tell you the same is true in many other evangelical and pentecostal traditions. Martin Luther once said, "Where the Bible speaks, speak. Where it is silent, be silent." St. Augustine said something similar centuries before. We do not need to add to the Bible. The real sin is adding or taking away words from the Bible.
There are plenty of sins that are "real" listed in the Bible that we each struggle with. Why do we want to add to our guilt un-necessarily?
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Halloween
I'm going to tell you something that may shock you. I love Halloween! There, I've admitted it and now I can move on with my life. Seriously, I love Halloween for many reasons, like the fact that I enjoy seeing little kids dressed up as their favorite super heroes, or the fact that I enjoy seeing adults make complete fools of themselves (it's one of my favorite pasttimes), and as a chocoholic is gives me a great excuse to indulge my weakness.
But the main reason I love halloween is because it is a reality check. Halloween is actually a religious holiday still celebrated by liturgical churches and it is the beginning of a somber few days in the life of the Church. All Hallow's Eve (Halloween to we Americans) is the night before All Saints Day. It is a time to remember those saints who have gone before us to their final rest. It should be a time of introspection, rememberance, and celebration. In many churches the names of those who have departed this life and gone into glory are read and remembered on All Saints Day.
Following All Saints Day is All Souls Day. It is a day for all of us who still remain in our earthly journey. It is time to reflect upon the condition of our soul and our standing before God. It is a great time to ask ourselves, am I ready to meet my God face to face?
Enjoy Halloween. I certainly do. But never forget the real meaning behind the day and use the time to reflect upon the true meaning of the communion of the saints.
"Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen." (Collect for All Saints Day, BCP 1979)
But the main reason I love halloween is because it is a reality check. Halloween is actually a religious holiday still celebrated by liturgical churches and it is the beginning of a somber few days in the life of the Church. All Hallow's Eve (Halloween to we Americans) is the night before All Saints Day. It is a time to remember those saints who have gone before us to their final rest. It should be a time of introspection, rememberance, and celebration. In many churches the names of those who have departed this life and gone into glory are read and remembered on All Saints Day.
Following All Saints Day is All Souls Day. It is a day for all of us who still remain in our earthly journey. It is time to reflect upon the condition of our soul and our standing before God. It is a great time to ask ourselves, am I ready to meet my God face to face?
Enjoy Halloween. I certainly do. But never forget the real meaning behind the day and use the time to reflect upon the true meaning of the communion of the saints.
"Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen." (Collect for All Saints Day, BCP 1979)
Monday, October 12, 2009
How To Get Rid of God
It seems today everybody wants to get rid of God. The government, the educational system, the media, you name it...they want God gone. Of course, this would be laughable if it weren't so sad, to think that God can be gotten rid of. It has certainly been tried before. Listen to these words of the Russian Communist Zinonieff, "We shall grapple with the Lord God. In due time we shall vanquish him from the highest heaven, and where he seeks refuge, we shall subdue him forever." How arrogant! I think history has proven for us who won that battle. And yet even though history has shown time and time again the futility of this endeavor there are those who would seek to conquer the God of the Bible.
Well, here are a couple of ways that the world tries to get rid of Him. First of all, they just ignore Him. St. Paul talks about this in Romans 1:28, "...they did not see fit to acknowledge God..." This is what the theory of evolution is all about. Darwin was a seminary drop-out who was angry at God and decided to try and take Him out of the mix. If we ignore Him maybe he'll go away. It's like a child hiding under a blanket when he's afraid or an ostrich sticking it's head in the sand.
Secondly, if they don't like who God is they try to change Him. Again, St. Paul speaks of this in verses 22 and 23 of Romans chapter 1, "Claiming to be wise they became fools (literally "morons" in the Greek) and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things." Now I'm not going to get into too many details here because you can look all of these up for yourself: humanism, polytheism, pantheism, etc. Just pick an "ism" and make God into whoever or whatever you want Him to be. The Egyptians used to worship a sacred onion. The Romans had 39 gods to choose from and the Greeks had 48. The Hindus have hundreds. My first police partner was a Hindu and he used to bring a different god to work everyday for protection.
The problem with ignoring God or trying to change Him is that He's still God in the end. As the old saying goes, just because the sun is blocked by the clouds doesn't mean that its not there and that it can't burn you. I don't know about you but some of my worst sunburns have come on overcast days because I forgot about the sun. Forgetting about the sun will get you burned! So will forgetting about God. Paul reminds us that there is a "penalty for their error." That penalty is death (see Romans 6:23).
Friends, I know that it is frustrating to have the world system demean your faith and your God, but remember, your God is bigger than anything the world can boast of and He is always victorious. They may try to forget about Him but He always has a witness for the world. Whether it be a band of nomads wandering through the wilderness with a Tabernacle showing forth His Glory, a tiny nation with a Temple showing forth His Glory, or, a remnant known as the Church showing forth His Glory, God always has a witness.
Well, here are a couple of ways that the world tries to get rid of Him. First of all, they just ignore Him. St. Paul talks about this in Romans 1:28, "...they did not see fit to acknowledge God..." This is what the theory of evolution is all about. Darwin was a seminary drop-out who was angry at God and decided to try and take Him out of the mix. If we ignore Him maybe he'll go away. It's like a child hiding under a blanket when he's afraid or an ostrich sticking it's head in the sand.
Secondly, if they don't like who God is they try to change Him. Again, St. Paul speaks of this in verses 22 and 23 of Romans chapter 1, "Claiming to be wise they became fools (literally "morons" in the Greek) and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things." Now I'm not going to get into too many details here because you can look all of these up for yourself: humanism, polytheism, pantheism, etc. Just pick an "ism" and make God into whoever or whatever you want Him to be. The Egyptians used to worship a sacred onion. The Romans had 39 gods to choose from and the Greeks had 48. The Hindus have hundreds. My first police partner was a Hindu and he used to bring a different god to work everyday for protection.
The problem with ignoring God or trying to change Him is that He's still God in the end. As the old saying goes, just because the sun is blocked by the clouds doesn't mean that its not there and that it can't burn you. I don't know about you but some of my worst sunburns have come on overcast days because I forgot about the sun. Forgetting about the sun will get you burned! So will forgetting about God. Paul reminds us that there is a "penalty for their error." That penalty is death (see Romans 6:23).
Friends, I know that it is frustrating to have the world system demean your faith and your God, but remember, your God is bigger than anything the world can boast of and He is always victorious. They may try to forget about Him but He always has a witness for the world. Whether it be a band of nomads wandering through the wilderness with a Tabernacle showing forth His Glory, a tiny nation with a Temple showing forth His Glory, or, a remnant known as the Church showing forth His Glory, God always has a witness.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Teach Us To Number Our Days
Regis Philbin used to ask, "Who wants to be a millionaire?" Well, I'm not going to offer you a million bucks for answering these questions but give it your best shot. What happened on these dates?
December 7, 1941
September 2, 1945
November 22, 1963
July 20, 1969
September 11, 2001
How'd you do? Here are the answers: 12/07/41 - attack on Pearl Harbor, 09/02/45 - Victory over Japan, 11/22/63 - JFK assassination and death of C.S.Lewis, 07/20/69 - Man on the moon, 09/11/01 - World Trade Center attack.
History has a way of numbering the significant days of our lives so that their impact is simply recalled by their numerical date. All an author need do is write "Dec. 7" or "Sept. 11" and we know what they're referring to.
The Bible tells us "...to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90:12 ESV) The New Living Translation of the Bible says it this way, "Make the most of our time, because time on this earth is fleeting." It would appear that the old Latin phrase "Carpe Diem" is a biblical principle. We must seize the day because we are not guaranteed another.
On the morning of September 11, 2001 a 32 year old business man was forced "to make the most of his time." As Todd Beamer boarded Flight 93 headed for San Francisco he had no idea that he would be placed in a situation that would alter the course of history. But he was and he rose to the occassion because he was a Christian and he had been taught "to number his days." When Todd realized that his plane had been hijacked and was being aimed back toward Washington D.C. he calmly tried to call his wife. He couldn't reach her so he left a message with the air phone operator. He told the operator to tell his wife that he loved her and then asked the operator to pray the Lord's Prayer with him. After praying together the operator reports that the last thing she heard from Todd was him telling his fellow passengers, "Let's roll!"
We all know what happened after that. Todd and his fellow passengers sacrificed their lives so that thousands of lives on the ground might be saved. Todd's unwavering faith in the Lord Jesus Christ gave him the courage to act and to seize the day.
Here are some more million dollar questions. Are you ready to seize the day? Are you ready to meet your Maker? Tomorrow holds no guarantees. All we have is today. Let the Lord teach you to number your days.
December 7, 1941
September 2, 1945
November 22, 1963
July 20, 1969
September 11, 2001
How'd you do? Here are the answers: 12/07/41 - attack on Pearl Harbor, 09/02/45 - Victory over Japan, 11/22/63 - JFK assassination and death of C.S.Lewis, 07/20/69 - Man on the moon, 09/11/01 - World Trade Center attack.
History has a way of numbering the significant days of our lives so that their impact is simply recalled by their numerical date. All an author need do is write "Dec. 7" or "Sept. 11" and we know what they're referring to.
The Bible tells us "...to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90:12 ESV) The New Living Translation of the Bible says it this way, "Make the most of our time, because time on this earth is fleeting." It would appear that the old Latin phrase "Carpe Diem" is a biblical principle. We must seize the day because we are not guaranteed another.
On the morning of September 11, 2001 a 32 year old business man was forced "to make the most of his time." As Todd Beamer boarded Flight 93 headed for San Francisco he had no idea that he would be placed in a situation that would alter the course of history. But he was and he rose to the occassion because he was a Christian and he had been taught "to number his days." When Todd realized that his plane had been hijacked and was being aimed back toward Washington D.C. he calmly tried to call his wife. He couldn't reach her so he left a message with the air phone operator. He told the operator to tell his wife that he loved her and then asked the operator to pray the Lord's Prayer with him. After praying together the operator reports that the last thing she heard from Todd was him telling his fellow passengers, "Let's roll!"
We all know what happened after that. Todd and his fellow passengers sacrificed their lives so that thousands of lives on the ground might be saved. Todd's unwavering faith in the Lord Jesus Christ gave him the courage to act and to seize the day.
Here are some more million dollar questions. Are you ready to seize the day? Are you ready to meet your Maker? Tomorrow holds no guarantees. All we have is today. Let the Lord teach you to number your days.
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