2009-09-24T09:47:07-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/lot/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2013&version=NIV 2009-09-24T09:47:07-05:00 To avoid disputes between their growing families, Abraham and Lot decided to go separate ways. Lot chose the attractive but spiritually dangerous region near Sodom, while Abraham settled near Hebron. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2019:26&version=NIV 2009-09-11T13:44:45-05:00 God spared Lot and his family from the destruction raining down on Sodom and Gomorrah. But Lot's wife looked back as she fled, perhaps out of regret at leaving her old life behind her--and was turned into a pillar of salt. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2019:25-26&version=NIV 2009-09-04T08:42:04-05:00 When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, he rescued Lot and his family from the devastation. But Lot's wife turned and looked back, despite a command to the contrary, and became a pillar of salt. Her death is sometimes taken as a lesson about looking back fondly at sin. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2019:1-29&version=NIV 2009-08-05T13:59:12-05:00 Although its name has been appropriated into modern cultural debates, Sodom was the name of an ancient city infamous for its wicked ways. There's a lot to explore in the story of its destruction, but we should also marvel at the lengths God went to in order to save Lot and his family from the devastation. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.19.1-Gen.19.38&version=NIV 2009-07-23T12:31:23-05:00 Lot is best known for living in the city of Sodom, and for barely escaping with his life when God sent angels to rescue him from the city's destruction. While he was Abraham's nephew, he didn't make decisions as wisely as his uncle did. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/bengali/Gods%20Promise%20to%20Abraham%20Bengali.pdf 2009-05-08T10:50:37-05:00 Bengali: After the Flood people started building a tower to Heaven. God changed their language from 1 to many. They left the Tower of Babel. God told Abraham to leave Ur. He took his wife Sarah and nephew Lot. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. Lot fled but his wife became a pillar of salt. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hungarian/Gods%20Promise%20to%20Abraham%20Hungarian.pdf 2009-04-20T13:44:17-05:00 Hungarian: After the Flood people started building a tower to Heaven. God changed their language from 1 to many. They left the Tower of Babel. God told Abraham to leave Ur. He took his wife Sarah and nephew Lot. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. Lot fled but his wife became a pillar of salt. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Gods%20Promise%20to%20Abraham%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-03-03T16:55:24-05:00 Hebrew: After the Flood people started building a tower to Heaven. God changed their language from 1 to many. They left the Tower of Babel. God told Abraham to leave Ur. He took his wife Sarah and nephew Lot. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. Lot fled but his wife became a pillar of salt. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/Gods%20Promise%20to%20Abraham%20Russian.pdf 2009-03-03T16:01:02-05:00 Russian: After the Flood people started building a tower to Heaven. God changed their language from 1 to many. They left the Tower of Babel. God told Abraham to leave Ur. He took his wife Sarah and nephew Lot. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. Lot fled but his wife became a pillar of salt. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/chinese_traditional/Gods%20Promise%20to%20Abraham%20ChineseT.pdf 2009-02-27T14:45:54-05:00 ChineseT: After the Flood people started building a tower to Heaven. God changed their language from 1 to many. They left the Tower of Babel. God told Abraham to leave Ur. He took his wife Sarah and nephew Lot. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. Lot fled but his wife became a pillar of salt.