Death Live Like You Are Dying January 15, 2025 Have you ever tried to life your life like you were dying? Paul tells us we should in Colossians 3:3-5: “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Death Facing Death with Fear and Faith June 05, 2024 Fear of death? Jonah's story shows hope emerges even in despair. Faith & Jesus' sacrifice conquer death's grip. #faith #hope #religion
Death Death is not for fun June 10, 2023 Recently I came across Scottish funeral directors who provide customised coffins. Not your standard oak or pine, or even eco-friendly wicker or sea-grass coffins—although they do all of those too—instead these
heaven Jesus can’t wait to see you either, Tim May 19, 2023 It’s not unusual for us to think of the believer’s desire to be with Jesus. But how often do we think of Jesus’ desire for us to be with him?
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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
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
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
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