Topics:<\/b> Conviction of Sin; Faith and Works; Final Judgment; Godliness; Hell; Repentance; Salvation; Truth<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Matthew 7:13\u201327; 13:40\u201343; 2 Timothy 2:19<\/p>\n
In A Painted House<\/i>, John Grisham describes seven-year-old Luke Chandler\u2019s reaction to a Sunday school teacher\u2019s eulogy for a mean boy, Jerry Sisco, who had been killed the night before in a back alley fight after he picked on one person too many.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe made Jerry sound like a Christian, and an innocent victim,\u201d said a little boy who had seen the fight with his friend Dewayne. I [Luke] glanced at Dewayne, who had one eye on me. There was something odd about this. As Baptists, we\u2019d been taught from the cradle that the only way you made it to heaven was by believing in Jesus and trying to follow his example in living a clean life and moral Christian life.<\/p>\n
Anyone who did not accept Jesus and live a Christian life simply went to hell. That\u2019s where Jerry Sisco was, and we all knew it.<\/p>\n
\u2014Based on John Grisham, A Painted House<\/i> (Doubleday, 2001)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Conviction of Sin; Faith and Works; Final Judgment; Godliness; Hell; Repentance; Salvation; Truth References: Matthew 7:13\u201327; 13:40\u201343; 2 Timothy 2:19 In A Painted House, John Grisham describes seven-year-old Luke Chandler\u2019s reaction to a Sunday school teacher\u2019s eulogy for a mean boy, Jerry Sisco, who had been killed the night before in a back alley … Continue reading “BULLYING
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