Choosing Christ at The Crossroads, #1

(First Sunday in Lent) In August of 2002, the Associated Press carried a story from Los Angeles about a would-be carjacker who made some seriously bad choices. Tyron Jermaine Hogan had already stolen the car of an elderly couple earlier that August morning, and had gotten away scot-free. So Hogan was probably feeling a little cocky when he reached inside an occupied van and tried to steal the driver's keys. Bad decision. The van belonged to the Florida International University judo club. The club members promptly beat the stuffing out of Hogan and turned him in to the police. (1)

This story certainly qualifies Tyrone Jermaine Hogan as a poster boy for bad choices. But we are all susceptible to making bad choices at times, whether out of haste, foolis…