Sightseeing Turns Tragic – UHD 14:6

Dave watched as the group walked closer. Everyone was excited about seeing Kiluea’s continual eruption up close on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was a trip of a lifetime. The Christian group was convinced that it presented a tremendous educational opportunity to engage the fiery volcano in close proximity. One area allowed people very near to the edge, and the excited group marched right past the safety warning sign eager to get a better look. Dave stopped at the sign and started warning the group not to walk out too far, but they were curious. They wanted to learn as much as they could without slipping. As they walked toward the lava tube, the sound drowned out Dave’s warnings. Dave was such a worrier and way too conservative. Dave wanted to run after them but he feared for his own safety. Bob went too far, and his feet began to sink deeper into the hot lava near the edge of the tube. His friends had to pull him back to hardened lava. After the group left the site and returned to the warning sign, there was a mini-eruption at that very spot. The rest of the group pulled back in amazement. Someone said, “That was close.” “But what a good education.”

Spiritual Laughing Gas – UHD 14:6

I’m scared. Very few Christians seem to be able to detect the nitrous oxide carried on the winds of directionless conversations that are spreading the virus of complacency toward the truth of God’s word. Perhaps they are in denial while they play poker and sip lattes. Perhaps they lack the special mental equipment to detect traces of the gaseous substance. Perhaps they think the gas mask of dialogue will filter out any harmful substances. Perhaps they suppose that some kind of invisible defense shield will protect them from any damage, or that once infected, an antidote is close at hand. It saddens me to watch the effects of spiritual laughing gas on the unsuspecting.

I’m fearful. Lord, I cast my anxieties upon You. You are the only one who can redirect the nearly undetectable tidal-waves of winds that silently, speedily races across Christian thought.

Heb. 2:1For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.