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Topics: Death; Despair; Eternal Life; Fear; Hope Reference: Psalm 23:4 When divers combed the wreckage of the Kursk, the Russian nuclear submarine on which 118 sailors perished, they found a letter written by Lieutenant Dmitri Kolesnikov, addressed to his wife, Olga. It was written after the explosion that felled the sub August 12, 2000, in … Continue reading “WRITING
BLIND”

Topics: Afterlife; Death; Eternity; Fear; Mortality; Peace; Trust References: Hosea 13:14; Luke 23:43; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Hebrews 2:14–15 “I have moments when fear makes me sit up in bed at night and weep like a three-year-old,” says Cathy Hainer about her struggle with cancer. “I’ve become afraid of the long, lonely nights. Yet at other … Continue reading “SAILING
INTO DEATH”

Topics: Choices; Death; Decisions; Meaning; Mortality; Worth References: Psalm 89:46–48; 90:12; Matthew 6:19–21; Luke 12:13–31; Hebrews 9:27; James 4:13–15 Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these … Continue reading “WHAT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT”

Topics: Aging; Assurance; Eternal Life; Evangelism; Future; Ministry; Mortality; Seekers; Witnessing References: Ecclesiastes 8:8; Matthew 20:1–16; Ephesians 5:15–16; Hebrews 9:27; James 4:14; 1 Peter 1:24; 2 Peter 3:11–12 “Last Minute Ministry” began when a friend of Pastor Chuck Kent asked him to visit his dying ninety-two-year-old great-grandfather in the hospital. The elderly man, Elwyn, was … Continue reading “HOPE
FOR THE DYING”

Topics: Atheism; Death; Hard-heartedness; Repentance; Stubbornness References: Acts 3:19; Hebrews 3:7–8 When my father was in intensive care, a priest was sent, presumably to administer last rites. After ascertaining the purpose of the visit, my father quickly dismissed the priest and sent him out. The doctor later said, “They say there are no atheists in … Continue reading “UNREPENTANT
TO THE END”

Topics: Afterlife; Death; Despair; Funerals; Hopelessness References: 1 Corinthians 15:12–32; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 African Muslims have a unique funeral custom. Close family and friends circle the casket and quietly gaze at the corpse. There’s no singing. No flowers. No tears. A peppermint candy is passed to everyone. At a signal, each one puts the candy … Continue reading “WHEN
LIFE DISSOLVES”

Topics: Abortion; Desires; Dreams; Fulfillment; Goals; Hope; Ministry References: 1 Samuel 1:1–11; Psalm 20:4; 37:4; 139:13–16 “Being single at forty-two, I’m realizing I may never have a child,” says singer Kathy Troccoli. “But God has repeatedly brought me stories from women who have chosen life over an abortion as a result of hearing a song … Continue reading “SINGING
TO SAVE BABIES”

Topics: Communication; Computers; Death; Eternity; Grief; Inheritance; Legacy; Mortality; Perspective; Technology; Time References: Deuteronomy 4:9; Psalm 78:4–7; Isaiah 38:18; Joel 1:3; 2 Corinthians 10:10–11; 2 Timothy 1:14; Hebrews 9:27–28 For a yearly fee of $19.95, you can send emails after you die. Credit Dr. David Eagleman, an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at Baylor … Continue reading “EMAILING
AFTER DEATH”

Topics: Aging; Choices; Consequences; Death; Future References: Deuteronomy 32:29; Job 14:5; Psalm 39:4; 90:12; Romans 3:23; 5:12–19; 6:23 How long will you live? Researchers with the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center say they have developed a test that predicts your chances of surviving with 81 percent accuracy. They begin with zero, then factor in … Continue reading “HOW
LONG YOU’LL LIVE”

Topics: Affliction; Life; Loss; Meaning; Perseverance; Purpose; Suffering References: Matthew 10:39; Mark 12:30; Philippians 4:13 When Jewish psychiatrist Viktor Frankl was arrested by the Nazis in World War II and put in Auschwitz, the infamous death camp, he was stripped of everything: property, family, possessions—and a manuscript he had spent years researching and writing on … Continue reading “WHY
GO ON LIVING?”