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Death & Dying

Death, mortality, dying well, and hope beyond the grave

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The Waterer Watered

Proverbs 11:25

… If the members refuse to contribute to the general stock, the whole body will become poverty-stricken and be given up to the bankruptcy of death. Let us …

SERMON • SERMON 1972

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… Yes, though I have walked through the valley of the shadow of death in times of great darkness, yet I have feared no evil: for He has been …

SERMON • SERMON 2196

Hosanna!

Matthew 2:19

… another, "I saw him buried and I helped to carry him to the grave. But I saw him come back to the house alive." "Yes," said a third …

SERMON • SERMON 3182

Boldness at the Throne

Hebrews 4:16

… It is— "His watchword at the gates of death, He enters Heaven with prayer." I suppose that even there we shall continue to pray. At all events, we …

SERMON • SERMON 3221

'Yet There Is Room'

Luke 14:22

… which is the emblem of your Savior's grave! You may be buried with Him by Baptism into death and rise from the baptistery in the likeness of …

SERMON • SERMON 3226

Figs and Olives

James 3:12

… So, when one who professes to be a Christian lives as worldings live, there is grave reason to fear that he is a worldling, notwithstanding his profession! If …

SERMON • SERMON 1287

Strengthening Words from the Savior's Lips

2 Corinthians 12:9

… Therefore He completed the work which His Father gave Him to do and in death He was able to exclaim, "It is finished." The Lord, here, assures His …

SERMON • SERMON 2839

'Prisoners of Hope'

Zechariah 9:11

… Study diligently the writings of the four Evangelists and, especially, those parts of the narrative which describe the death and Resurrection of our dear Lord and Master, Jesus …

SERMON • SERMON 2718

The Tenses

2 Corinthians 1:10

… that terrible death which had so long held us in captivity! God rescued us by His Grace and enabled us to come forth from our grave of sin …

SERMON • SERMON 2326

Satan Departing, Angels Ministering

Luke 4:13

… Now I will have him down!" Oh, for speedy repentance and an earnest flight to Christ whenever there has been a grave fault, yes, and before the grave …

SERMON • SERMON 805

Resurrection With Christ

Ephesians 2:4

… It is not a sham death, or a metaphorical one, but a real, absolute, spiritual death. Yet it will be said, "Are they not alive?" Truly so, but …

SERMON • SERMON 2940

'He Must Reign'

1 Corinthians 15:25

… O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks …

SERMON • SERMON 3391

Preparation for the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:28

… It will often be the death of pride when a man finds out what he really is. Self-righteousness will fly before such a searching, as owls fly …

SERMON • SERMON 2422

"There Is Forgiveness"

Psalm 130:4

… You notice that this confession is recorded with a kind of grave astonishment—"If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" This is as much …

SERMON • SERMON 1171

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… There is grave cause in every one of us for dissatisfaction with our condition, from one point of view or another and, therefore, it is a thousand mercies …

SERMON • SERMON 643

No Tears In Heaven

Revelation 7:17

… True, the tomb is before you, but your Lord has snatched the sting from death, and the victory from the grave. Do not, O burdened Spirit, confine yourself …

SERMON • SERMON 3178

The Preparatory Prayers of Christ

Luke 3:21

… Now I must close with our LORD'S PREPARATORY PRAYER JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH. You will find it in Luke 23:46 —"And when Jesus had cried with …

SERMON • SERMON 3114

God's Providence

Ezekiel 1:15-19

… at the bridal and at the funeral, at the cradle and at the grave. In the battle, God's eyes are looking through the smoke. In the rebellion …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 70

… Make haste, O God! make haste to save! For time is short, and death is nigh; Make haste ere yet I am in my grave, And with the …

SERMON • SERMON 325

Constraining Love

Psalm 31:23

… There it sits and pines and coos itself to death, mourning for its mate! The only way to kill a Christian would be to take Christ from him …

SERMON • SERMON 2692

Church Increase

Isaiah 49:20

… Some had been at death's dark door, buried in sorrow and in sin, in poverty and in vice. Others, though they were not apparently so bad as …

SERMON • SERMON 1095

The Monster Dragged to Light

Romans 7:13

… One very singular instance of the heart's perversity is the fact that familiarity with death and the grave often hardens the heart and none become more callous …

SERMON • SERMON 2175

"So It Is"

Job 5:27

… Christ's very death becomes "a savor of death unto death" to the unbeliever and it cannot be "a savor of life unto life" to him unless it …

SERMON • SERMON 3039

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… shall not be the end of you when you are carried to your grave and green grass grows above you. You shall live again and your thoughts, words …

SERMON • SERMON 274

Paul's Desire to Depart

Philippians 1:23

… Rejoice, then, believer, in the prospect of death, because in dying thou art once for all clean rid of sin. When I lay down this body I have …

SERMON • SERMON 3104

Binding Up Broken Hearts

Isaiah 61:1

… They could dance with us in our days ofjoy, but they will not go with us to the grave of our hopes to weep there. They are like …

SERMON • SERMON 2534

The Greatest Gift in Time or Eternity

Isaiah 55:4-6

… AndHe made His grave with the wicked.—He was crucified between two malefactors. 9. And with the rich in His death. He was buried in the tomb of …

SERMON • SERMON 2683

The Bitterness of the Cross

Zechaariah 12:10

… A sight of His Crucifixion crucifies sin! A sight of His death—if it is a true sight—is the death of all love of sin! If, then …

SERMON • SERMON 1316

Why the Heavenly Robes are White

Revelation 7:14

… Lo, I see the newly departed passing through the river of Death, ascending the other shore and entering in through the gates into the City. What are these …

SERMON • SERMON 2493

"A Man Named Matthew"

Matthew 9:9

… I notice a very grave distinction between Matthew's way of recording his call and the very general style of converts relating their experience nowadays. Today the man …

SERMON • SERMON 2823

One Trophy for Two Exploits

Psalm 18:29

… And even so, our mightier Samson, meeting with the hosts of sin, death and Hell, laid them all in heaps and then, crying out, "It is finished," He …

SERMON • SERMON 3478

Go Back? Never!

Hebrews 11:15

… Then we shall, one way or another, conquer death, for if we do, we shall triumph over the grave, and if Christ shall come before we die, we …

SERMON • SERMON 427

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… Him whose lifeless body slumbered in the grave—to Him be glory! To him that burst the bonds of death— to Him who ascended on high and led …

SERMON • SERMON 2921

An Old-fashioned Remedy

Psalm 107:20

… A picture of a dark soul—a soul over which death spread his dragon wings. You know what it means to be brought into spiritual death—to feel …

SERMON • SERMON 1845

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… We do not deem those to be happy who sport their lives away and end a wasted life of luxury by a dreadful death in unbelief. We do …

SERMON • SERMON 2314

Three Blessings of the Heavenly Charter

Job 10:12

… For in death there is no remembrance of You: in the grave who shall give You thanks? As much as to say, "If You let me die, You …

SERMON • SERMON 94

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… It is well that we should be wise to order our common affairs aright, as well as to set out house in order for the grave; and hence …

SERMON • SERMON 1782

The First Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22

… Is it not cruel as the grave? There is a jealousy which sickens if another is praised and pines away if another prospers. It is a venomous thing …

SERMON • SERMON 807

Good News for Loyal Subjects

1 Corinthians 15:25

… so that with joyful heart your lips shall sing, "O Death, where is your sting? O Grave, where is your victory?" When your body shall have molded to …

SERMON • SERMON 2069

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… Even in death we say, "Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You." When we cannot see any other grounds for hope, we find …