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REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Genesis 19:26, Luke 17:31-32


Remember Lot's Wife
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 19: 26, Luke 17: 31 - 32


I - Three Word's and the Last Days (Genesis 19: 26, Lk. 17: 31 - 32)
''Remember Lot's Wife''
A) Lot's Wife Messed Up ''Her Look and Delay''
B) Lot's Wife Missed Out ''Her Loss and Demise''

II - Truthful Warning's of the Last Days (Luke 17: 26 - 32)
''Warning, Removal, and Judgment''
A) Consider Noah's Story ''Heavy Floods'' (Luke 17: 26 - 27)
B) Consider Lot's Story ''Hellish Fires'' (Luke 17: 28 - 32)

III - Tragic Worsening in the Last Days (2 Tim. 3: 1 - 5, 2 Pt. 3 - 9)
''For in an hour that you think not...''
A) Days of Intolerance and Sinfulness (2 Tim. 3: 1 - 5)
B) Days of Indifference and Scoffing (2 Peter 3: 3 - 9)

Theme: ''Will you miss out when Christ returns?''

The Sadness of a Pointless Death

Not a week goes by that Doug Thelander doesn't want to tell his dad, Earl, about something. Recently, he watched a movie on the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima during World War II, something he thought the U.S. Coast Guard veteran would have enjoyed.

''I wanted to tell him how good it was,'' Doug said.

Two months ago today, on Aug. 28, Earl was injured by an explosion in the basement of one of his rental properties, which had been burglarized by copper thieves hours earlier. Four days later, the 80-year-old who family members said was as fit as a man 10 years younger died at an Omaha burn unit. His injuries were a result of a sliced propane line that ignited while he was cleaning.

No arrests have been made in the case, and Earl's family and the Monona County Sheriff's Office are still searching for those responsible for his death.

''No one is going to let this go away,'' Doug Thelander said.

Rising scrap metal prices - about $3 a pound - drive the theft of copper from homes, businesses and construction sites. Although not completely absent from Northwest Iowa, Monona County Sheriff Jeff Pratt said the problem exists mostly in southern Iowa and ...

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