LISA CLARK DILLER
FOCUS TEXT
"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains." Matthew 24:7-8 (ESV)
"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains." Matthew 24:7-8 (ESV)
RECALIBRATE
1. If evil is ordinary, and the banality of everyday life includes disasters and wars, pain and suffering, how will we recognize when the end is here?
2. My mom always said when something broke, “Oh well! It’s all going up in the big burn anyway!” If indeed this is the beginning of the end, why try to make it better? Why paint, write, sing new songs, build new things if it’s all about to end?
3. Isn’t trying to make it better and sweeter here making us more comfortable and maybe even complacent?
1. If evil is ordinary, and the banality of everyday life includes disasters and wars, pain and suffering, how will we recognize when the end is here?
2. My mom always said when something broke, “Oh well! It’s all going up in the big burn anyway!” If indeed this is the beginning of the end, why try to make it better? Why paint, write, sing new songs, build new things if it’s all about to end?
3. Isn’t trying to make it better and sweeter here making us more comfortable and maybe even complacent?