Some Thoughts

Micah Larsen of Resolution 57 has written an uncommonly perceptive and moving poem about the inner turmoil between the new man and the old–who, “though dead, still speaks.” His portrayal of the mind-struggle we all experience in our “already-not yet” state is highly reminiscent of Dostoevsky’s conflicted character, Roskolnikov Romanovich, the protagonist (and antagonist) of his classic book, Crime and Punishment. The psychologically penetrating dialogue is, from my experience, an accurate take on our fight to “…consider [ourselves] dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus,” (Rom. 6:11, ESV [show] [11]So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. (ESV)
) and to live out 2 Cor. 5:17 [show] [17]Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (ESV)
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Drop by Micah’s pad…and buckle up for a searching ride.