2012-05-29T10:04:14-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/tsunami/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-survivor-tree-6620 2012-05-29T10:04:14-05:00 Our only hope is clinging to the tree where God's judgment fell on His Son. Or, more importantly, to cling to the One who died on that tree, which means abandoning all other hopes: our pride, our religion, our self-reliance. And realizing we are as desperate and as helpless as a man being swept out to sea, and then clinging to the One whose death on that tree for us is literally our only hope - your only hope. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/what-the-quake-exposes-6409 2011-08-08T11:57:33-05:00 Jonah revealed the high price of diverting our trust from the true God to another god. He said, "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs" (Jonah 2:8). If we only knew all we could have from God...but for the idol. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/a-precarious-planet-6399 2011-08-08T11:46:24-05:00 Every day on this planet, a "tsunami" called death sweeps 150,000 people into eternity ready or not. Since it happens with, you know, one heart attack here and one traffic accident there, we don't see it on the news like we do an attack of a killer wave. But it's real, it's relentless, and it's coming my way. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/holding-on-tight-6393 2011-08-08T11:41:12-05:00 God has promised that He will hold on tight to the one He has saved. And I'll tell you, in the cascading waters of these uncertain times we're living in that's really good to know. http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/disaster-in-japan-a-wake-up-call-for-the-people-of-god 2011-03-15T10:37:02-05:00 This is a time to take urgent action to save the lives around us. I know the high ground is on that hill with the Cross on it, the Cross where Jesus took the full force of the tsunami of God's judgment. I cannot fail the people I know. I am their warning system. I know how they can be safe, whenever, however eternity comes. http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/a-precarious-planet 2011-03-14T15:56:03-05:00 The high ground is on a hill with a cross on it. Millions of people have fled to that cross and found safety. And Jesus stands there today, lovingly extending His invitation: "Come to Me" (Matthew 11:28). A precarious planet. A fragile life. An appointment with God. A way to be ready. It's a good day to run to Him. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-wave-and-the-warning-5973 2009-12-02T09:56:57-05:00 The people who survived the tsunami were the people who ran to the higher ground where the waves couldn't come. The only way you can be safe and beyond the reach of God's judgment is to go to the high ground of a place called Skull Hill where God's judgment for your sin already fell on His Son. The judgment of God can't reach you there; but only there. No other ground is high enough. http://lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/190/01-2006 2008-03-27T14:56:05-05:00 At 6:58 a.m. local time on 26 December 2004, a trembling started in the ocean off Sumatra Island some 155 miles southeast of Banda Aceh and two hundred miles west of Medan. http://lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/172/01-2006 2008-03-27T12:52:08-05:00 Where were you when the tsunami of 2005 devastated huge portions of Southeast Asia? I was celebrating the birth of Jesus, creator and savior of humankind, on a bright, sunny morning.