Word for the Week

It's not hard - choose life not death

Week beginning: 18th May, 2025 | By Tom Bolster | London

For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil… I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Deuteronomy 30:11-15, 19-20 (ESV)

Lawyers have a reputation for overcomplicating things. The challenge is often to make our advice and our clients' choices shorter and simpler, rather than the opposite. Similarly, when engaging with non-believers, how often do we overcomplicate thing