Stump the Preacher returns today as Rev. Jim Short picks up the mantle. The question centres around the images in Matthew 12:42-45) Matthew says that, when one evil spirit is cast out of the house and the house is empty, the spirit circles back and brings seven more with it. What does this mean on August 21, 2022?
 
The question comes from someone who has had this passage come up in daily devotions. Does this mean that we solve one issue in our individual or collective lives and, just when we’ve achieved Marie Kondo’s decluttering in a spiritual way, we are destined to be overwhelmed with more “stuff” in the future? We’ll begin by looking at the fact that Matthew did not write this for the post-modern technological world. You are going to say, but aren’t the scriptures meant for us? You’ll have to listen to the sermon to see where Rev. Jim Short goes with this.