Amazon Plane Crash

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Written By Thann Bennett

Five people were killed and at least five injured when an Amazon plane careened approximately 1,300 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday. The deceased were travelling in a van owned by an airport cleaning company and a separate SUV that was outside airport boundaries. Officials are still investigating the cause of the crash.

Analysis and eternal perspective: The joy of eternal salvation from our first story is readily available. But my friend, don’t tarry if you don’t yet know it, because life on Earth is so very fragile and can be lost in a moment. It has always been a reality, but a story like this one brings it home in convincing fashion.

It is so very easy to trust in health, or wealth, or any number of other temporal things. In the end (which could come at any moment), the only thing that will matter is whether you’ve surrendered to the authority and lordship of Jesus Christ. Romans 10:9 articulates it in such a helpful and concise fashion: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Do you believe? If so, say it out loud. It will save you.

As you pray for the injured and for the families of those who lost loved ones, rejoice that you serve a God who desires that none should perish (2 Pet. 3:9), and make it your life’s mission to share that incredible good news with all who would receive it.

The preceding article originally appeared in Thann’s “The Equipped” Weekly Newsletter. For more information on Thann’s weekly email, click here.

Thann Bennett

Thann Bennett is the Founder and President of Every Good Work, which exists to equip Jesus followers for a life of impact. His weekly newsletter, The Equipped, helps Jesus followers engage current events through a lens of the True and the beautiful. Thann and his wife, Brooke, are co-Founders of A Fearless Life, which works to find and fund a family for every adoption-eligible foster child in America. Thann has more than two decades of high-level public policy experience, with a particular focus on the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. He is the author of In Search of the King and My Fame His Fame. Thann and Brooke live in southern Maryland with their three children: Jude, Gambrell, and Hope, as well as a host of farm animals. The Bennetts are longtime members of the National Community Church family in Washington, D.C.

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