Safety in the Ashes

I'm sorry to tell you that you won't be able to read the rest of this fantastic book until April, when it will release (barring any glitches). This is the book I'm currently editing at Discovery House, and it's such a thrill to be able to publish something by this first-time author who I'm sure will have much more to say in more books down the road.

What a job! I'm editing something and realize this is some of the best stuff I've read all week. So here's a little preview of the jacket and content of You Are the Treasure That I Seek . . . But There's a Lot of Cool Stuff Out There, Lord by first-time author and now my publishing friend, Greg Dutcher. Enjoy!


Safety in the Ashes

There is a story of a father and son who are walking across rolling fields of dry grass during the brushfire season. As they look off in the distance, their worst fears are realized. A wall of fire is steadily moving toward them, carried on the wind. They try to run with all their might, only to realize that the fire is faster then they are. Coming to a stop, the boy buries his face in his father’s side, awaiting his doom. Just before the fire reaches them, the father surprises his son by reaching into his pocket and pulling out a book of matches. He strikes a match and proceeds to light the entire book on fire; then he tosses the mini inferno behind them. In the fierce wind a new wall of fire has risen behind them. So now a fire blazes behind them, and one rushes toward them. At the last second the father scoops up the son and gently steps backwards, into the charred ashes of the fire he has just lit. When the oncoming wall of fire reaches their spot, it has nothing to fuel itself with in the charred remains of the other fire. They are safe.

The point? If you want to be safe from a fire, you must go to the place where fire has already burned. In Scripture there is only one place where a sinner can find safety from the wrath of God: the cross, a place where God’s wrath has already burned. It was there that Jesus took our place and drank the cup of wrath all idolaters deserve.