Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth for the Colson Center. I'm John Stone Street. Isaiah 52:7 is one of the most inspiring verses in all of Holy Scripture. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation. Who says to Zion, your God reigns?
Well in recent day two people passed away, each of whom in their own unique ways had beautiful feet. Phil Robertson shot to celebrity status through the unlikely medium of reality television. Duck Dynasty showcased the beards and the crazy Louisiana lives of the Robertson family and their multi-million dollar duck call empire. America found the family's innocent quirkiness delightful. and unlike other T V families, found their stability reassuring.
Mom, dad, uncle, sons, in-laws, and grandkids, they all seemed to genuinely care for each other. They didn't flaunt their wealth. They didn't abandon the values that preceded their wealth. Instead, the Robertsons prayed together, played together, ate dinner together, and went to church together.
Now, I have no personal knowledge whatsoever of Phil Robertson's feet, but it's likely they were, shall we say, well curated by the woods and the swamps that he spent his life walking.
However, if Isaiah is indeed correct, his feet were beautiful. Though his early years of addiction and adultery are well documented, Robertson's life was transformed by Jesus Christ at age 28. And there was rarely a moment afterward that he wasn't sharing the good news with someone. whether friends and neighbors, American presidents, his T V audience, or huge crowds. Another person who had beautiful feet was Peggy Powell.
Peggy passed away back in April. Her quiet, steady love for Jesus Christ and for others reached an immeasurable number of people. As her obituary declared, and I quote, Peggy used her gift of teaching in many ways in their church's college, junior, and high school departments and at vacation Bible school and backyard Bible clubs. Her Bible stories told with flannel board were legendary. And most significantly, in 1969, the Pals helped start Abilene Young Life, a ministry that shares the gospel with teenagers, which is still going strong.
In fact, at her memorial service, many people shared how, early in their marriage, Peggy and her husband refused to buy furniture for their house. until they could start that Young Life club. Peggy spent her life praying for the lost, literally by the millions, and she lived a life that's perhaps best described as a long obedience in the same direction.
Now Phil Robertson was famous, but the work of Christ in his life was far more significant Than duck hunting or reality TV. Peggy's life of quiet faithfulness also affected thousands, from kids and grandkids to neighbors and relatives to the young and the old. Like Robertson, her dramatically different life was also marked by Jesus Christ. Both committed their lives and their beautiful feet to publishing salvation to others. Their faith is now sight.
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