Bible Study
Nana Dolce
Why We Remember Lot’s Wife

Lot’s wife belonged to a family with a great name and trust in God’s promises. She even had angels visit her home! God sent them to personally escort her from His coming wrath to His safety (Gen.19:1-22). Yet, she fell into eternal judgment because she looked back to her life in Sodom. She longed to preserve what she had and became a pillar of salt–a crystalline substance used for preservation (Gen. 19:26). Friends, Jesus is kind to warns us in Luke 17:32-33: “Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.”

Why We Remember Lot’s Wife
Bible Study, The Gospel
Nana Dolce
Prayers Rising Like a Sweet Aroma

Cornelius’ conversion account can teach us many things about the spread of the gospel to the Gentiles in the first century church. We see in this story that God’s salvation through Christ is for all the families of the earth. God shows no partiality but comes to redeem people from all nations. All this is true. But my focus today is on that small line in verse four. It makes me wonder: what if my service and prayers to God were like a memorial offering rising up as a pleasing aroma before His throne? 

Prayers Rising Like a Sweet Aroma

The Bible's Big Picture

An Overview of the Whole Bible by Dr. D.A. Carson

An Overview of the Whole Bible by Dr. D.A. Carson

The Bible is no ordinary book--66 books written by 40 different authors spanning the course of some 2,000 years! There is no book like the Bible. What other work can claim the very inspiration of God? In the Bible, we have the Word of God! My hope then is to sing along with the psalmist, “Oh how I love your [word]” (Psalm 119:97)! I want to know it well. And to know the Bible well is to understand the “big picture” story of God’s glorious redemption as it unfolds through the full canon of Scripture. Let’s listen as Dr. D.A. Carson gives a helpful 34 minute overview of the whole Bible. I found it helpful and enjoyable and hope you do too!