Why Is It So Hard To Let Go of Harmful Things?
- Kaitlyn Schiess
- Feb 10
- 1 min read
We all know the story of Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt, but have you ever stopped to look at it from her perspective? Kaitlyn unpacks this strange story to talk about God’s mercy, our tendency to return to things that harmed us, and how to read the Bible when we come across stories we do not fully understand.
0:00 - Theme Song
2:07 - Why Was Lot’s Wife Turned Into Salt?
9:00 - Why Salt?
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17:33 - Why’s the Bible Written Like That?
34:30 - End Credits
Hi all, I'm a bit too lazy to try to make a .wav file that sounds like a child asking the question... "Who are some really important people we should know about as we hear about people talking about God?" The question comes because a child in an after school chess program asked if I had ever played chess with St. Augustine (alas, he was about 200 years before the game was invented)