Kerr's Korner
Hot Car Death
By John Kerr
I was going to write about something on the lighter side this week. I changed my mind. Sometimes we just have to face the seamy side of life. I think this tragedy bears examination. An 18-month-old boy died after being left in a hot truck for over three hours in Ormond Beach, Florida, on June 6, marking at least the seventh hot car death of a child in the United States this year. His father went to get a haircut and then drink at a nearby bar.
On average, 37 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. At least 1,083 children have died in hot cars since 1990. How can this continue to happen? Can that many people forget they have children in the car with them? Are that many people unaware of the danger? Do they just not care?
I like to study and teach about love and grace and the goodness of God. I like to dwell on the salvation and freedom we have in Christ Jesus. There is a seamier side to spirituality. How many people die each day outside of Christ? How tragic is this? How does that happen? Do people not know? Do they forget about God due to all the hustle and bustle of daily life? Do they just not care?
Romans 10:13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
By John Kerr
I was going to write about something on the lighter side this week. I changed my mind. Sometimes we just have to face the seamy side of life. I think this tragedy bears examination. An 18-month-old boy died after being left in a hot truck for over three hours in Ormond Beach, Florida, on June 6, marking at least the seventh hot car death of a child in the United States this year. His father went to get a haircut and then drink at a nearby bar.
On average, 37 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. At least 1,083 children have died in hot cars since 1990. How can this continue to happen? Can that many people forget they have children in the car with them? Are that many people unaware of the danger? Do they just not care?
I like to study and teach about love and grace and the goodness of God. I like to dwell on the salvation and freedom we have in Christ Jesus. There is a seamier side to spirituality. How many people die each day outside of Christ? How tragic is this? How does that happen? Do people not know? Do they forget about God due to all the hustle and bustle of daily life? Do they just not care?
Romans 10:13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
Wayne's Wacky Words
Boop - a gentle tap or touch, especially on a person or animal's nose. A side note: Did you know chickens do have noses? So you could boop in a coop.
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