Courage: The Indispensable Christian Virtue
Image: Crosswalk.com " He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars —they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” - Revelation 21:6-8 Do these words of Jesus comfort you, or offend you? Cowardice is the first among the "vices" listed in this Bible passage. When I re-read these verses recently, I noted for the first time cowardice is listed in the same range of offenses as unbelief and murder. How can this be? Why would cowardice condemn someone to eternal torment, or separation from God? Isn't it...