Title: One Man's Sin (9 of 29)
Series: Walking in Victory- Lessons in Triumphant Christian Living from the Book of Joshua
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Joshua 7
In October of 1994, a 57 year old veteran pilot was flying with his son in his private Cessna aircraft. They were coming over the mountains of Utah when he radioed to air traffic control that he'd had a sudden loss of oil pressure. Walter Ashcraft, a skilled surgeon from St. Louis, MO began emergency landing procedures, trying to land at a small airport in the fog-covered mountains of Utah.
Tragically, within a few minutes, rescuers were called to the crash scene. Walter Ashcraft and his 25 year old son were instantly killed when the Cessna crashed into the side of a mountain in Cherry Peak, Utah.
The investigation determined a single factor that led to the tragic chain of events. Distracted by engine failure and blinded by fog, the pilot simply crashed into the mountain. The engine failure itself had been caused by a complete lack of oil. The lack of oil had been caused by a disconnected oil line. The disconnected oil line came because of a loose nut, about the size of a dime.
A wealthy and skilled surgeon who'd spent years training and working to save lives...a 25 year old boy with his life ahead of him...a private airplane that according to the internet would still sell today for about $200,000...all came to a fiery and tragic end because of a simple little nut about the size and cost of a dime.
The Old Testament figure named Achan understood this principle first hand. In Joshua 7 we read of his infamous sin. It was a seemingly small thing. Yet it devastated the people of God, brought an entire nation to its knees, and ultimately cost Achan and his whole family their very lives.
And it didn't happen because of a 10-cent nut. It happened because of one man's sin. I'm preaching today about a man named Achan and how "One Man's Sin" had such destructive consequences. And this story ser ...
Series: Walking in Victory- Lessons in Triumphant Christian Living from the Book of Joshua
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Joshua 7
In October of 1994, a 57 year old veteran pilot was flying with his son in his private Cessna aircraft. They were coming over the mountains of Utah when he radioed to air traffic control that he'd had a sudden loss of oil pressure. Walter Ashcraft, a skilled surgeon from St. Louis, MO began emergency landing procedures, trying to land at a small airport in the fog-covered mountains of Utah.
Tragically, within a few minutes, rescuers were called to the crash scene. Walter Ashcraft and his 25 year old son were instantly killed when the Cessna crashed into the side of a mountain in Cherry Peak, Utah.
The investigation determined a single factor that led to the tragic chain of events. Distracted by engine failure and blinded by fog, the pilot simply crashed into the mountain. The engine failure itself had been caused by a complete lack of oil. The lack of oil had been caused by a disconnected oil line. The disconnected oil line came because of a loose nut, about the size of a dime.
A wealthy and skilled surgeon who'd spent years training and working to save lives...a 25 year old boy with his life ahead of him...a private airplane that according to the internet would still sell today for about $200,000...all came to a fiery and tragic end because of a simple little nut about the size and cost of a dime.
The Old Testament figure named Achan understood this principle first hand. In Joshua 7 we read of his infamous sin. It was a seemingly small thing. Yet it devastated the people of God, brought an entire nation to its knees, and ultimately cost Achan and his whole family their very lives.
And it didn't happen because of a 10-cent nut. It happened because of one man's sin. I'm preaching today about a man named Achan and how "One Man's Sin" had such destructive consequences. And this story ser ...
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