Emphasis Preaching Journal

This somber address to the city of Tyre reminds readers that in and through the natural forces of destruction and decay, God acts. Two years ago, inhabitants of the East Bay near San Francisco, California, were reminded again of the rapid and unexpected changes which a major earthquake can cause. Above the city one could see the air darken with the smoke of many fires, collapsed roadways, people moving out into the street amidst shattered glass and tumbling buildings.

All human habitations are subject to nature's forces. But what do we read in them?