Nancy DeMas Walgamuth tells us about something we read in Second Corinthians.

Paul says greet one another with a holy kiss. So what in the world is all this about?

For North American evangelicals, this may sound strange, but some of our listeners will find it completely normal.

I've been in churches in some parts of the world where when you come and when you leave,

the women grab you and they kiss you, not just on one cheek, but on both cheeks,

and sometimes on the lips.

And I'll admit that for me it took a little getting used to.

Whether we're familiar with this customer or not, what's the

heart behind this biblical command we need to hear? We'll unpack it today on the Revive Our Hearts

podcast. Our host is Nancy DeMos Walgamuth. She's the author of Adorned, living out the beauty of

the gospel together. It's December 30th, 2021, and I'm Dana Gresh.

Nancy's in day two of a series called A Blessing for the Year End and the New Year.

Here's Nancy. Well, I always like taking time over the last few days of the year,

and then in the first few days of a new year, to recalibrate, to just

stop and think about where I am, where my walk with the Lord is, what he's doing in my life,

what he wants to do in my life in the days ahead, just kind of look back and look forward.

And the passage we're looking at in these last few days of this year is a

passage that will help us do that. So we're looking at the last paragraph of the book of

2nd Corinthians, 2 Corinthians chapter 13. So if you're aware you can scroll there on your phone

or turn there in your Bible, I want to encourage you to do that. And this is a passage that I want to bless you at the end of this year, but also a passage I want you to take with you

into the new year. So we looked yesterday at the exhortations in verse 11 of 2 Corinthians 13.

Paul says, finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. This is a greetings.

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