Professor who told student to stamp on picture of Jesus

This past week one of the news stories which stood out to me was the teacher
who had students write the name of Jesus on a piece of paper, then told them
to put it on the floor and stomp on it. Our world has lost the understanding
of who Jesus is and what his purpose is. He is the Savior of all mankind.

What or who do you trust to save you? I for one have never understood the
mentality of the folks who want to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel or some
other way. It just makes no sense to me to put your life at risk for no good
reason.

After reading about a number of those people who have gone over Niagara
Falls I noticed one thing they all had in common. None of them expected to
die! All of them had some idea of protecting themselves from the dangers of
going over that powerful water fall.

One of these dare devils was Robert Overacted, a 39 year old man challenged
the mighty Horseshoe Falls on October 1st 1995. He planed this stunt for
months, he checked and rechecked all of he figures and plans. He planned on
riding on a single jet ski until he reached the brink of the Falls. There he
would deploy a rocket propelled parachute, which would help him land in the
River below the Falls to allow for a rescue.

Overacker launched himself into the Niagara River upstream of the falls. At
the brink of the falls, Overacker ignited the rocket which deployed the
parachute as planned. Unfortunately, as the parachute deployed it did him no
good at all, because Overacker, he had forgotten to attach the parachute to
his body.

To me that was a perfect, howbeit sad, example of what will happen if we
trust in men or man made things to save us rather than Jesus. One of the
most powerful testimonies about Jesus is found in Matthew 1:21 where the
angel says of the coming birth of the Savior, "And she will have a son, and
you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

Many today live dangerous lives, going through life with nothing to protect
them or save them from what really counts. Until they (and we) join
ourselves to Jesus, we are just as near death as Robert Overacker. You may
think you have it all together and are safe, but are you really?

This week our world celebrates Easter, which traditionally is a remembrance
of the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus. It's not about Easter
Bunnies or colored eggs, it's about remembering the one who can save us from
our sins.

Russ Lawson