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Death and Dying
As Christians, how can we reconcile the love of God with the pain of the loss of a spouse, a friend, or a child? How do we, who believe in life after death, go through the process of dying? Death has long been a topic of discussion for the church—the Heidelberg Catechism famously opens with the question “What is your only comfort in life and in death?”—and the life, death, and resurrection of Christ are the foundation of our faith. Though we have great hope in the face of death, the tough questions death raises need to be addressed.
Philip Yancey: Intensive Care Week
Thoughts while sitting beside my brother as his brain and body failed.
September 14, 2009
More on Death and Dying
When Suicide Strikes in the Body of Christ
Neither life nor death, not even suicide, can separate us from the love of God.
April 9, 2013
Is Longer Life Better?
Gilbert Meilaender looks at the case for using science to extend human life.
March 26, 2013
Like Valerie Harper, We're All Terminal
The search for a truer expression of Christian grief.
March 22, 2013
The Zombie Apocalypse
Why are we fascinated with the walking dead who want to eat us?
February 1, 2013
Incredible Journeys: What to Make of Visits to Heaven
Does it matter that people who have had near-heaven experiences are confused theologically, so long as good news is preached?
December 21, 2012
On the Death—and Life—of Innocent Children
The 20 slain in Connecticut are not alone, nor without hope.
December 14, 2012
Mary Neal Describes Her Visit to the Gates of Heaven
The best-selling author talks about why she thinks it was real.
December 6, 2012
Death Is For Real
Amid a flurry of bestsellers promising firsthand proof of Heaven's existence, Ed Dobson takes a brutally honest look at the pain of terminal illness and the difficulties of dying well.
October 31, 2012
Why It's Hard to Imagine that Heaven Is Real
Learning to grasp what 'no eye has seen, no ear heard, and no mind has conceived.'
October 18, 2012
Making Non-Sense of the Colorado Shootings
Spiritual thoughts on another random act of violence.
July 22, 2012
A MASH Unit for Grief: A Support Center Reaches the 'Incoming Wounded' of Long Beach
Nurse Susan Beeney estimates that each year, 40,000 of her neighbors are facing profound loss. What her nonprofit is doing to heal their wounds.
July 9, 2012
What Good Grief Looks Like When a Daughter Dies
Walking the way of grace in the midst of my grief.
April 11, 2012
The Evangelistic Question That Died
Fewer people are thinking about whether they will go to heaven after death.
March 12, 2012
Christopher Hitchens Has Died, Doug Wilson Reflects
How to think about the death of the outspoken atheist.
December 16, 2011
Dying Decisions: Should Relatives Intervene?
Christian thinkers weigh in on whether family or friends should intervene if a terminally ill Christian decides against life-extending treatment.
July 19, 2011
Nepal Agrees to Give Christians a Cemetery
Nepal's small Christian community had formed protests demanding government allocation of land to bury their dead in crowded Kathmandu.
July 12, 2011
The Theology of Osama bin Laden's Death
Christians call for solemn reflection and thanksgiving.
May 23, 2011
'Do Not Gloat' over Osama bin Laden's Death
Remember how Americans felt after watching the jubilation after September 11?
May 2, 2011
The Death of Osama bin Laden: What Kind of Justice Has Been Done?
The news should again remind us of the difference between the City of Man and the City of God.
May 2, 2011
Yes, Justice Has Been Done in the Killing of Osama bin Laden
But our response as Christians must be marked by knowledge of our own depravity.
May 2, 2011
'Do Not Gloat' vs. 'Joy to the Righteous'
The verses most quoted on Twitter and Facebook after the news of the death of Osama bin Laden.
May 2, 2011
Carolyn Arends Contemplates Her Own Death, and Yours
Going down singing: Why we should remember that we will die.
April 18, 2011
Dead Space: Christians Demand Burial Land in Crowded Kathmandu
Nepal's Supreme Court due to rule Monday on Christian and Hindu lawsuits.
April 8, 2011
Redeeming Bonhoeffer (The Book)
The problem with Eric Metaxas's portrayal of the German hero as an evangelical.
February 7, 2011
The Gospel of Steve Jobs
The Apple CEO was able to articulate a perfectly secular form of hope.
January 21, 2011
Chasing Methuselah
Exercise, technology, and diet help us live longer than ever. Should those who look to eternal life care?
December 30, 2010
Welcoming Limits
When the 'beginner years' have passed, what does spiritual maturity look like?
December 15, 2010
Always Dying, Always Reborn
Exploring the new horizons—and limits—of our perpetual chase for immortality.
October 11, 2010
Mary Beth Chapman vs. God
In a new book, Steven Curtis Chapman's wife is brutally honest about her lifelong feud with the Creator, especially after losing their daughter to an accident in 2008.
September 16, 2010
Boundaries in Grief
Why medicine should never trade places with a time to properly mourn.
August 20, 2010
Pastor Ed Dobson says survival with ALS is mixed blessing; he's sustained by faith and hope
The comic moment during Advent message doesn’t disguise the hard reality that everyone in the room realizes: Ed Dobson has ALS, and one day it will take his life. (MLive.com)
Seeing God in the Third Millennium
How the brain creates out-of-body experiences and religious epiphanies. (Atlantic)
The Death of “Near Death”: Even If Heaven Is Real, You Aren’t Seeing It
Thrust back into popular consciousness by a surgeon claiming that “Heaven is Real,” the NDE has come under both theological and scientific scrutiny for its supposed ability to preview the great gig in the sky. But getting to see Heaven is hell—you have to die. Or do you? (Scientific American)
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