Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.
The LA Times columnist, Anne Lamott killed a man. She admitted as much in her article, “At Death’s Window.” The man was a friend dying of cancer who wanted a way out. Lamott concocted a cocktail of prescription drugs and fed it to him in a bowl of applesauce. Her justification for this action should not surprise us if we have been paying attention to culture.
Lamott argued that life was nothing more than Earth school, and we were in control of whether we wanted to leave the term early: in other words, we are in control and possession of our own bodies and lives. The Supreme Court ruled the same way in 1992 by arguing that a fundamental liberty was the right to define our own concept of existence.
As a Christ-follower, my perspective is just the opposite. My life with all its twists and turns is in the hands of an all-knowing and loving God.
This has been Every Thought Captive. I’m Phil Steiger pastor at Quail Lake Community Church and Director of Dayspring Center for Christian Studies. For more information, please visit everythoughtcaptive.org.
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