Boice on the Cries of the City

In preparing for this week's sermon I came across James Boice's memorable comments on Genesis 18:20-21, in which the Lord says, "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me."  Boice's comments are notable both for their high sense of sermonic drama and for their obvious concern with the spiritual needs of the lost city where God called him to serve: