What is this blog?

In 2008 I stumbled upon a blog organized by a woman who wanted to read The Bible each day through the year and then comment and receive comments about the reading assignment. I decided to join and I really enjoyed the experience of discussing the passages. I wanted to continue that. I thought I would start a blog that follows the LDS Sunday School lessons, not in any way replacing them, but just to offer a venue to comment on the readings for those who don't like to/get to comment in class or don't get to go to class at all, or just anybody. 2009 was my first full year with this blog, reading the Doctrine and Covenants (all archived in 2009). 2010 I did my best to discuss the Old Testament but fell off in the fall. 2011 is a review of The New Testament, but I was even less successful in continuing with that year, but I hope to fill those in during the year! During 2012 we discuss The Book of Mormon. I will post at least once for the week's readings. I will not post on General Conference weeks and will probably be behind your current reading due to our church schedule, but hope you can still find relevancy. Also, I probably won't proofread much, so please forgive me for errors, I'll be lucky to just get a post each week in. Feel free to comment on my current week or your class' current week. Enjoy! I do!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

One more thing: Lot

I'm actually typing this a week after I posted about this lesson. We just had this lesson today and it bothered me a little that Lot gets such a bad rap sometimes. Yes, he faced the door of his tent toward Sodom – does that mean he liked the things going on in Sodom? I don’t think so. We were (and often are) asked “What are the things we do to face our tents toward unrighteousness?” Answers like, listening to bad music, being unkind, financial irresponsibility and such come forth. The thing is, Lot lived in Sodom, but he was the one told to get out of the city before it’s destruction, which means the Lord communicated with him. He was the one that received the three ‘men’, he was the one who would not let his daughters be ravaged by the men outside his door. In fact, 2 Peter 2:6-7 says this:

“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And deliver just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked; (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing a hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.

The footnote to the first “vexed” states: “oppressed by the outrageous behavior of the lawless”. So, just for the record, well, my record at least, Lot was a righteous man. Perhaps his door faced Sodom because he prayed over them as soon as he walked out. Maybe he didn’t. But knowing where his door faces, to me, is not enough evidence to judge him.

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  1. DFebruary 28, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    Maybe he faced his door in that direction for protection? He then had warning of men coming to his door for his daughters rather than being caught unawares. We are supposed to live in the world but not of the world- that doesn't mean we turn a blind eye to the wickedness around us- there must be a certain level of awareness to protect us and allow us to learn from others mistakes. Not participation, of course, but awareness. I haven't heard all the theories about where his door faced being a sign of unrighteousness or temptation before but it does seem to be reading into something small...

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