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4 days ago · Praying for the dead reflects our belief in the resurrection and eternal life promised by Christ. John 11:25-26 says, “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.'”.
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In Romans 5:3-5, Paul boasts in sufferings because he knows the painful production line. Indeed, this chain from suffering to endurance, endurance to character, and character to certain hope will repay any reflection. But let us set aside for now the details and note the annoyingly obvious. Paul is only able to boast in sufferings because he knows ...
In Job 39:13-—18, God confronts Job with the ostrich. When was the last time you thought of the ostrich? Or used her to comfort or confront the sad? That’s the point. Our ways are not God’s, nor our thoughts his. This bizarre bird that cannot fly, purposefully bereft of bird-like wisdom, nevertheless she outruns the swiftest land-beasts. Here is a ...
In John 11:35, Jesus wept. This shortest verse confronts us with more than the fact that God suffered. It tells us that the way he suffered was with tears. Mere moments before calling Lazarus from the tomb, Jesus bursts forth in anger and sorrow. Do we rush ourselves or others past such emotions? Do our comforts prove cold as they focus only on the...
In John 9, the disciples ask Jesus whose fault cost the man his sight. But it’s the wrong question. Jesus turns the focus away from the past towards the present opportunity to do the merciful works of God. Not only are we promised that God will turn evil into good for those who love him, but we are called to be children like our Father. Like his on...
In Luke 22:39-46, Jesus agonises to the point of shedding bloody tears. From humble birth to shameful crucifixion, Jesus was the man of sorrows; unwelcomed, despised, misunderstood, exhausted, scorned, homeless, betrayed, denied, abandoned, hated, thrust out of the world onto the cross. How wise were our forebears in selecting this single word to d...
In 2 Corinthians 12, Paul boasts about the time when God saved him by saying “no”. He boasts about a thorn. For although God delivered Paul from distress in 2 Corinthians 1, we learn in 2 Corinthians 12 that deliverance is not the only possibility. Paul begged three painful times for this mysterious thorn to be plucked from his flesh. And God said ...
In Revelation 21, the first glimpse John gets is of what will not be in heaven. The sea is no more. As a symbol of sufferings and the source of sufferings, the sea’s removal is the assurance that calamity will not come again; neither shall chaos rise, but perfect peace shall attend the reign of God and the Lamb forever and ever (Revelation 22:3–5)....
In Hebrews 3, we are reminded of the bodies in the wilderness. Ponder the difference between groaning, grieving and grumbling. The former two are sanctioned, even sanctified, as we have seen. But the latter leads to death. Obviously, this means that what we do when we suffer matters. As we have seen, it is of eternal consequence. In the book of Num...
Nov 2, 2022 · But why do Catholics pray for the souls of the dead — not only on Nov. 2 but also on any day of the year? And does the Church really believe in the existence of purgatory?
In this article, professor and Reformed theologian Dr. J. Todd Billings explores what the resurrection of Christ means for how we think about life after death and where we can find Christian hope when we face death.
Nov 1, 2021 · Life is fragile, or as Psalm 144 says, like “a passing shadow,” but as Christians we believe that death, for the faithful believer, is not the end, but a doorway into a new eternal life with God.
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Mar 6, 2014 · These edges help us see what exactly happened when Jesus died. And it’s important that we see because seeing leads to worship — you can’t worship what you don’t know. So in hopes of more clarity — fuel for worship — here are five biblical truths about what Jesus accomplished on the cross. 1.
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Mar 29, 2016 · Death is the result of sin in the world, and without the hope of a Savior to forgive us for our sins, we are under the wrath of God. But thanks be to God that He sent His only Son to die for our sins and rise again to give believers eternal life in Jesus Christ (John 3:16).
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