death

Now I lay me down to sleep

Post author:Harold Hoeppner
Post published:2020/08/31
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One veteran Christian adds the certainty of heaven to a familiar prayer. Many of us have tucked our children to bed with the words of a familiar prayer: Now I…

Devotion: Clarity in life from closeness to death

Post author:Joel Seifert
Post published:2020/07/28
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“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is” (Psalm 39:4). “This just doesn’t seem real.” Have you heard people…

Bible study: A loving God saved people from hell

Post author:David Scharf
Post published:2020/06/29
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Universalism says that the biblical teaching of eternal damnation is incompatible with the concept of a loving God. Universalists believe that God will eventually destroy all sin and save all…

To die is gain

Post author:Twila Fickel
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

Although her time on earth was short, Jodi lived as an example of God’s love. Jodi got the diagnosis the summer after her first year in college—it was cancer. She…

Q&A: Is death natural?

Post author:David Scharf
Post published:2020/05/31
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All of my life, I have heard the phrase “Death is natural.” I never questioned its truth until I watched my grandma pass away. Even though she believed in Jesus,…

Bible study: God provides victory over death!

Post author:David Scharf
Post published:2020/05/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

First, it is important to answer the question, “What is death?” Very simply, death is separation. The Bible speaks of three types of separation: physical, spiritual, and eternal. Physical death…

A thought: In God’s hands

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/04/30
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As I write this thought, we are all concerned about the spread of a virus that has already killed thousands. Events and responses change day to day and sometimes even…

Easter is life

Post author:Joshua Stahmann
Post published:2020/03/31
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

Easter brings us victory over death and gives us new life. Joshua E. Stahmann The young man across the table from me was in tears. There was no doubting the…

A thought: Outing death

Post author:John Braun
Post published:2020/03/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

“Don’t forget, you’re going to die,” the message on the screen read. It was from an app that sends five e-mails each day with the sober reminder that death is…

We look for the resurrection of the dead

Post author:Jonathan Quinn
Post published:2020/03/31
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Though we die—really die—we really will live again, all because of Jesus Christ . . . all because of Easter. Jonathan D. Quinn Do you want your Savior to fix…

Dust you are

Post author:Peter Panitzke
Post published:2020/02/25
Post category:FIC Features / Forward in Christ

The smudged ashes announce that our story does not end in the dust of death. Peter A. Panitzke Look hundreds of people in the eye and tell them that they…

On grief and grieving: A Christian perspective

Post author:Glenn L. Schwanke
Post published:2019/06/01
Post category:FIC Features / FIC Series / Forward in Christ

Glenn L. Schwanke In 1969 Elisabeth Kübler Ross published her groundbreaking book On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families. The…

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