Death & Dying

Fear of Death

Hebrews 2:15

… But it is not so much the joy of dying that can console us as the life that is beyond death. I never like to hear people quote …

Consolation in Christ

Philippians 2:1

… The maxims of philosophy, the endearments of affection, and the music of hope, will be a very poor compensation for the light of Jesus’ grave. Death is the …

How God Condemned Sin

Romans 8:3

… He sent his Son to Calvary—He sent his Son down to the grave, and He has now recalled Him unto the excellent Glory where He sits at …

Why Are Men Saved?

Psalm 106:8

… you put me to death; hang me on the cross; let blood run from my hands and feet; let me descend into the grave; let me pay all …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… His love that chose us did not shrink back from the awful payment which our debt rendered necessary—it was stronger than death, and mightier than the grave …

The Believer's Death Day Better Than His Birthday

Ecclesiastes 7:1

… The moment we begin to live we commence to die— "Every beating pulse we count Lea ves but the number less." Death is the end of dying! On …

Stephen's Martyrdom

Acts 7:55

… dying eyes. I. First, then, this morning, I shall want every devout mind to OBSERVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AS DEVELOPED IN STEPHEN'S DEATH IN …

'Marvelous Things'

Psalm 98:1

… Made sin, He sin overthrew! Bowed to the grave, destroyed it so, And death, by dying slew! Sin, Satan, death appear To harass and appall— Yet since the …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… he was gone.” NO HOME BEYOND THE GRAVE “I have been told of a wealthy man who died recently. Death came unexpectedly to him, as it almost always …

A Sense of Pardoned Sin

Isaiah 38:17

… pardon on this side of the grave, I fear that thou shalt come to thy grave full of sin, and after death shall be the judgment, and after …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… Who told you you would ever lie upon a sick-bed at all? Yours may be a sudden death; and sudden death to such as you, are would …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… We hear of suffering on a dying bed. The suffering is all connected with life, it is not death. The actual thing called death, as far as we …

The Resurrection Credible

Acts 26:8

… There shall not be a bone, nor a piece of a bone of any one of Christ's people left in the grave at the last. Death shall …

Presumptuous Sins

Psalm 19:13

… You saw but yesterday a strong man in your neighborhood brought to the grave by sudden death; it is but a month ago that you heard the bell …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… shall be transfigured and made like unto our Lord! And from the grave of death—our Gethsemane—our bodies shall leap at the coming of the Lord and …

Even Now

John 11:22

… But— "There are no acts of pardon passed In the cold grave, to which we haste! But darkness, death, and long despair, Reign in eternal silence there!" Do …

The Blood

Exodus 12:13

… grave, as a hostage for his people. Until God had signed the warrant for acquittal of all his people, Christ must abide in the bonds of death. He …

The Crisis Of This World

John 12:31-33

… to look beyond Your death and find comfort in Your risen life! Cannot you, my Brothers, my Sisters, sometimes look beyond the grave and find comfort in what …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… WHEN YOU have walked through a cemetery, you have frequently seen over a grave a broken column, intended to memorialize the death of some one who was taken …

The Voice From Heaven

Revelation 11:12

… Sweet truth to me! Ishallarise, And with these eyes My Savior see! Then welcome harmless grave! By you to Heaven I'll go— My Lord, Your death shall …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… in the crypt where Jesus vanquished death His grave clothes are hung up as the trophies of His victory over death, and as assurances to us that all …

One Aspect of Christ's Death

John 15:13

… But He possessed inherent immortality! No sentence of death was written across His brow—He could live on forever even when He was in the grave—corruption could …

God'S First Words To The First Sinner

Genesis 3:9

… awful tempest—"Where are you?" In the Jordan without God; nearing the grave without hope; dying, but no Christ to help you; launching upon eternity, but no hope …

Landlord and Tenant

Isaiah 38:1

… last hours." To be familiar with the grave is prudence. To prepare for death it is well to commune with death. A thoughtful walk in the cemetery is …

The Private Thoughts and Words of Jesus

Matthew 20:17-19

… with His sufferings and death. Inasmuch as they trusted in Him, it would be a sharp trial to their faith to see Him dying on the Cross, vanquished …

The Lions' Den

Daniel 6:20

… clear their voice, as each one chants his solo, "O Death, where is your sting? O Grave, where is your victory? Thanks be to God, who gives us …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… You are afraid of dying, you say, because of the pains of death. No, they are the pains of life—of life struggling to continue. Death has no …

David's Dying Song

2 Samuel 23:5

… in death, and now the son of Jesse is to sleep with his fathers. Surely it were well to press around his bed, to hear the dying monarch …

A Present Religion

1 John 3:2

… are no acts of pardon pass’d In the cold grave to which we haste; But darkness, death, and fell despair, Reign in eternal silence there.” Or, do …

The Living Care of the Dying Christ

John 18:8

… Perhaps you will go down to the grave. Unless the Lord should speedily come, we shall die, but, since Jesus died, death cannot hold us! The resurrection trumpet …

“As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be”

Deuteronomy 33:25

… Oh! what a great day it was! there was a night of lamentation in this place, and the cry of weeping, and of mourning, and of death. Ah …

The Alarum

Psalms 42:8

… Perhaps it will be a death in your house that will wake you—sad means, but often most effectual. A mother’s death-bed has been a soul …

Spiritual Resurrection

Ephesians 2:1

… It will be as much as he can do to pull off his grave-clothes, to get rid of his old habits; perhaps to his death he will …

'Nunc Dimittis'

Luke 2:29-30

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

Now, A Sermon for Young Men and Young Women

Ezekiel 12:27

… They imagine that religion is for the weakness of the dying and the infirmity of the aged, but not for healthy men and women. They meet our pressing …

Three Crosses

Galatians 6:14

… While it ennobles our life, it invigorates us with hope in our death. Death is now deprived of its terrors to us, for Christ has died. We, like …

Come, My Beloved!

Solomon 8:14

… A bitter thing was that grave wherein He buried all our sin, that grave out of which He came victorious over death, that grave out of which He …

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… Death had conquered Him, but, in that moment, Death was conquered— "He Death by dying slew." That day He led Death, itself, captive to His own supremacy. Wonder …

The Gospel of Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac

Romans 8:32

… It would have been no greater blessing than the Unitarian Gospel offers when it sets forth Christ as dying as our exemption. Oh, but Beloved, the death of …

The Hope of Future Bliss

Psalm 17:15

… preached it in foreign lands, they have dared death, they have laughed to scorn the terrors of the grave, they have ventured all things for Christ, and so …