By Elizabeth Prata EPrata photo When a person dies, the eulogy tends to be flowery, and usually leaves out the negative characteristics of a person, and focuses on the positive. We want a dearly de…
Image by Frank Meitzke from Pixabay My father loved to tell jokes. He was almost like a standup comedian who didn’t go on tour. But whenever someone came over to visit, he was on. He had his materi…
The death of a Christian is a blessing in disguise. There is no need to be afraid or lose hope. Embracing the promises of our Lord Jesus Christ gives hope
Several religious principles, cultures, and natural laws point to the reflective end to whatever we do here on earth in the afterlife. It means what we do
Zachary Zehnder
Do any of us really have a say of what happens to our stuff once we die? We all know we aren’t living forever. So why do I act like I am?
By Elizabeth Prata ‘Wynter wakeneth al my care’ is one of the earliest surviving winter poems in English literature. Its language is Middle English of the 1300s. It’s a poem about the brevity of li…
By Elizabeth Prata Catholic believers pray to Mary. They think that since Jesus can’t resist His mother, that if they pray to Mary, whop passes it to her son, their prayers get more oomph. In…
Dealing with loss as a Christian means we know there is life beyond the grave. Still, the Bible tells us there is a time to weep.
Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it Habakkuk 2:2b (ESV) In this well-known verse, the word vision has more to it than meets the eye. It means a divine revelation …
Welcome to Real Life . Like it or not, death is a part of real life. Theresa (Salva) Keeler September 8, 1957 - July 7, 2023 Theresa/Terre/T...
Romans 6:3-6 speaks about our inclusion in the death and resurrection of Christ. Verse 5: “If we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death, indeed we will also be in the liken…
Written by James Weldon Johnson, 1927Published in “God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse” The author melded ‘Negro’ literary heritage folk sermons and poetry t…
Revive Our Hearts
Do you wonder what stepping into heaven will be like? Joni Eareckson Tada does too.
For those who know Jesus, death is the final pain and the last enemy.
This year has been a year of loss. In God’s economy, loss is so often gain if we are ready […]
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. In this episode of the Podcast, Cole and Lance Ward discuss a theology of funerals and how the pastor can play a vital part in ministering to the family and all who attend. Your Funeral Lance offers some key insights for planning for your own funeral as well: Talk about your funeral with your family. Write things down and have a plan for the benefit of your remaining loved ones. What do you want people to know? Will the gospel be…
Whatever happens with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats, Christians should understand that this cannot be biblical Armageddon. That is a specific series of battles fought at the end of what the Bible calls “the great tribulation period” that will last for seven years. It is inaugurated by the emergence of the Antichrist and ends with the return of Jesus Christ.
Dead people don’t come back and tell us what they’ve experienced. But we can know some things based on the Bible’s explanations.
A Matter of Life and Death Paul does not sugarcoat the truth: we are sinners and deserve death. Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12 CSB) Death We inherited death from our ancesto …
By Elizabeth Prata source BBC Today, Thursday, September 8, 2022, the Queen of England’s medical team had put out a bulletin that they “are very concerned for the Queen’s health.&…