After Faith and I got married, we lived in student housing on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The small apartment was affordable, and Faith did a great job of making it home. The apartment had one downside. Just outside our apartment on the other side of a small fence was a set of train tracks with a crossing about a hundred yards away. Do you know how many times a train blows the horn? A lot! I hated that horn. It never failed to blow just as I was getting in my truck early in the morning. But that horn serves an important role. It is a warning to unaware drivers who are going about their everyday lives that death is coming down the tracks. If that train suddenly hits your vehicle, you will be dead before you know it. The word of God, in many ways, serves a similar role. It reminds us that death is coming down the tracks of life, and at any moment, you could be called to stand before God. When that day comes, what will your argument be? In Romans 4, Paul gives us the only answer that will stand before a holy God. I pray you will make plans to join us for worship this weekend as we look to the King of kings and the Lord of lords: our only hope and Savior, Jesus Christ. — Pastor Chad
