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Category Archives: Death
A Christian View of Death
Once, when I was working in jail ministry, I met a Christian man who told me about his older brother’s death. The incident, he said, had occurred several years earlier. He and his brother were drinking and arguing … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Theology, Death, Hot Topics, Living by Faith
Tagged A Christian view of death, Born in sin, Born to die, death, Death and the Bible, Death in the Bible, Death or rapture, Do Christians go to heaven?, eternal death, hamartiology, Heaven, Inspirational Writings and tagged Adam's sin, lake of fire, original sin, Physical death, raising the dead, resurrection, resurrection from the dead, resurrection life, separation from God, spiritual death, the resurrection, What does Scripture say about death, what happens at death?, what happens when the Christian dies?, What happens when we leave this world?, What the Bible teaches about death
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Seven Kinds of Death in Scripture
Throughout Scripture, death means separation, and at times it means inability to produce. It does not mean cessation or annihilation of life. Death is first mentioned in Genesis where God promised Adam he would die if he disobeyed … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Behavior, Death, Hamartiology
Tagged A Christian view of death, carnal death, in Adam, In Christ, operational death, Physical death, positional death, Restoring fellowship with God, second death, Seven kinds of death in Scripture, seven types of death in Scripture, sexual death, spiritual death
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The Sin that Leads to Death
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him– to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Behavior, Death, Hamartiology
Tagged 1 Cor. 11:30, 1 John 5:16, A Christian view of death, atonement, atonement for sin, Christian suffering, Christians do not lose their salvation when they sin, death, Divine discipline, Divine discipline leading to death, Do Christians lose their salvation when they sin?, do Christians sin?, Does God kill?, God discipline His children, God disciplines those whom He loves, God disciplines to physical death, God punishes to physical death, hamartiology, Heb. 12:5-11, Restoring fellowship with God, sin that leads to death, The Sin Nature Within the Christian, What happens when Christians sin?, When Christians sin
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Heaven Belongs to Little Children
Heaven belongs to little children. Jesus’ disciples did not always understand this, and on one occasion they tried to prevent children from coming to Him for prayer (Matt. 19:13). But Jesus corrected them saying, “Let the children alone, … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Hot Topics, Salvation
Tagged 2 Sam. 12:22-23, 2 Samuel 12:22-23, do all children go to heaven?, do children go to heaven when they die?, Do mentally disabled go to heaven when they die?, Heaven Belongs to Little Children, Is Jesus the only way to be saved?, Rom. 1:20-25, Romans 1:20-25, what happens to children when they die?, What of Those Who Never Hear the Gospel?
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The Vanity of Man as Mortal – Isaac Watts
The Vanity of Man as Mortal Teach me the measure of my days, Thou Maker of my frame; I would survey life’s narrow space, And learn how frail I am. A span is all that we can boast, An … Continue reading
The Biblical Resurrections
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; whom I myself shall behold, … Continue reading
Only What’s Done for Christ Will Last
God knows the frailty of every man, “He is mindful that we are but dust” (Psa 103:14). David courageously asked the Lord, “make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; let me … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Inspirational Writings
Tagged a time to die, dust and ashes, Isaac Watts, John Calvin, life is just a breath, Life is just a vapor, only what's done for Christ will last, the day of our death, the death of the Christian, The Lord knows the day of our death, The Vanity of Man is Mortal, We are but dust
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The House of Mourning
“The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure” (Eccl. 7:4). Continue reading
Posted in Death, Suffering & Persecution
Tagged Christian suffering, death, Ecclesiastes 7:2-4, facing sorrow, how do we handle death?, learning from sorrow, learning from suffering, mourning, suffering, suffering and death, suffering and depression, The House of Mourning, the purpose of sorrow, weeping, why do the righteous suffer
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