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Lot's Day and Our Day
Sermonette byThe West is obsessed with materialism and guaranteed security, as many institutions protect—even encourage—mediocrity, incompetency, and malfeasance.
Debased Sodom
Sermon by James C. StoertzFullness of food formed one element in the iniquity of Sodom, appearing alongside pride, abundance of idleness, failure to strengthen the poor and needy, haughtiness, and the commission of abomination. This condition arose after Sodom turned from God, moved into idolatry, and descended through lust into sexual perversion, at which point God gave the people over to a debased mind marked by twenty-three further traits of unrighteousness. The same fullness of food contributed to the city's refusal to practice justice, leaving its residents blind to their own corruption and unable to exercise self-evaluation. The resulting judgment came swiftly when fire and burning sulfur removed Sodom entirely. The same pattern of excess now appears in the modern Western world, where stocked pantries, ready goods, and widespread wealth foster incessant desire for more, spill into covetousness, and coincide with neglect of the poor, all while leaders and people alike turn from God and receive a debased mind. Thus fullness of food operates as both symptom and accelerator of the slippery slope from rejection of God to final destruction.
Life in Sodom
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughSodomites were industrious people, but they cared nothing for God, mirroring the worst aspects of modern Israel. We need to make sure that we live soberly.