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Death

A collection of 13 posts

Tragedy

Killed by what they thought would save them

January 28, 2023

Seventy years ago, on the last Saturday morning in January, the MV Princess Victoria left the port of Stranraer in South-West Scotland. She was heading for Ireland with 179 people on board – but

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele
Death

When I Die Young (Or Old)

January 11, 2023

When I die young, please don’t be sad. Know that I am finally free from sin. That beloved and yet hated vice, that secret and yet public sin, that long-fought or recently

Vanessa Le Vanessa Le
suffering

My Only Friend Is Darkness

July 13, 2022

When the pain is unceasing and the waves keep engulfing you, turn to Psalm 88. It will remind you how Christ turns your death into resurrection and newness of life.

Vanessa Le Vanessa Le
Death

Balm for the Soul

January 25, 2022

> “It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to

Bryan Schneider Bryan Schneider
Providence

Holding on to the 'Things Revealed'

July 16, 2021

There are many things that God has revealed that are not secret, and we are meant to think about these things—to understand them, believe them and live by them as we cling to them daily.

Warren Peel Warren Peel
Death

"Where I Am"

July 14, 2021

We cannot be with Jesus – in immediate communion with his glory – while we cling to the dust of this present and passing world. The answer to Jesus' prayer ordinarily requires that we die.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
sickness

Visiting the Sick

January 14, 2021

I recently spoke at Seminary Women on visiting the sick and hospitalized. It comes at a tragically unique time in history when our ability to visit is greatly diminished.

Keith Evans Keith Evans
Death

Preparing for Your Future

December 05, 2019

For those of you who are planners, preparing for your future comes naturally. You have planned your education, a home purchase, vacations, events, and your eventual retirement. It is interesting, however, that planning

Sharon Sampson Sharon Sampson
Death

Domesticating Death

November 19, 2019

Last month, death unwelcomely inserted itself into my family's life. Death has a way of doing that. It barges right in, uninvited, disrupting life. It rudely divides families, and leaves those who remain behind mourning, sorrowful, and diminished...

Keith Evans Keith Evans
Light

A Tract for this Time

December 04, 2018

I've been struck this morning by a reading in the Gospels about the start of Jesus' ministry. In Matthew 4:16-25 we see Messiah's first disciples called, His Kingdom preached and proved, with

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Bible

R.C. Sproul - A Man of the Book

December 14, 2017

As we exited the double doors at the back of the church the pastor was there to greet us and shake our hands. He had a warm smile and a twinkle in his

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Christ

Distance Education

February 28, 2014

If you were told that a friend had suddenly become ill to the point of death, would you not do everything you could to get to your friend as soon as possible, especially

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
B.M. Palmer

When Disability - and Death - Hits Home

October 05, 2012

Last December R.C. Sproul, Jr., son of the great theologian and father of eight, went through the heart pain of losing his wife to cancer.  On Wednesday he suffered another loss, as

Barry York Barry York
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