A good number of truly grotesque and gruesome murders have been highlighted in the news over the past few weeks. It is making me seriously think about not watching the news or reading it on the Internet-it's depressing and disturbing.

While the media sensationalizes and fixates on the fanatically weird, these things still go on in this world. It just reminds me that this world lies under the sway of the wicked one (1 Jn. 5:19). Such wickedness will not come to an end until the Lord returns-but it will come to an end.

Our duty is to forsake all sin, whether obscenely heinous or relatively mild (by human standards). We then must labor to persuade others to leave their sin as well. Few will respond (Matt. 7:13, 14). Those few, however, are precious in the sight of God. Their souls are worth more than all the world. They were valuable enough for the Son of God to give His life for them. Let us have the proper view and be motivated to reach them.

Laptop Contest Update

The laptop contest is dead. Only a few people responded; not enough for us to win anything. So, our contest is caput. To those who did act, thanks anyway.

Hope you all have a great week.

Thanks for reading.

Steven