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Death & Dying
Death, mortality, dying well, and hope beyond the grave
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Morning, June 18
Is 54:5
… He makes the unsullied garment of his life our covering beauty; the glittering virtues of his character our ornaments and jewels; and the superhuman meekness of his death …
DEVOTIONALMorning, August 23
Is 65:19
… No pain distresses, no thought of death or bereavement saddens. They weep no more, for they are perfectly sanctified . No “evil heart of unbelief” prompts them to depart …
SERMON • SERMON 3197The Sweetness of God's Word
Psalm 119:103
… of the last bitter draught of death—and if he gets the Words of God sent home to his soul, death, itself, shall be swallowed up in victory …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 9
Ge 1:4
… seeks the company of the saints, for “We know we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” The light gathers to itself, and the …
DEVOTIONALMorning, December 10
1Th 4:17
… If to die is but to enter into uninterrupted communion with Jesus, then death is indeed gain, and the black drop is swallowed up in a sea of …
DEVOTIONALMorning, December 16
Mt 11:28
… calling you after him all through life; while in the solemn hour of death, his sweet words with which he shall usher you into the heavenly world shall …
DEVOTIONALMorning, December 27
Job 8:11
… am a base hypocrite, and like the withering rush, I shall perish when death deprives me of outward joys. But can I honestly assert that when bodily comforts …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 4
2Pe 3:18
… Seek to know more of him in his divine nature, in his human relationship, in his finished work, in his death, in his resurrection, in his present glorious …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 25
Is 40:9
… of a hill, each trial had been like ascending another summit, and his death seemed like gaining the top of the mountain, from which he could see the …
DEVOTIONALEvening, September 24
Song 5:2
… When our renewed heart struggles against our natural heaviness, we should be grateful to sovereign grace for keeping a little vitality within the body of this death. Jesus …
COMMENTARYPsalm 64
Psalm 64
… Some have been pressed to death because they would not speak, but stood mute before the judge; but more have been pressed to death by their sinful freedom …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 21
Ps 45:2
… Thy infancy, thy eternity, thy sufferings, thy triumphs, thy death, and thine immortality, are all woven in one gorgeous tapestry, without seam or rent. Thou art music without …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 13
Jn 15:4
… heart before the Lord; and when we have seen the utter barrenness and death of all creature power, we have cried in anguish, “From him all my fruit …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 2
Mal 3:6
… Precious is the assurance that he changes not! The wheel of providence revolves, but its axle is eternal love. “Death and change are busy ever, Man decays, and …
SERMON • SERMON 1146Consolation For The Despairing
Psalm 31:22
… Their soul abhors all manner of meat, and they draw near to the gates of death. In vain do you argue! They cannot be reasoned with—it would …
DEVOTIONALMorning, July 22
Je 3:14
… The word divorce he will never mention, for “He hateth putting away.” Death must sever the conjugal tie between the most loving mortals, but it cannot divide the …
DEVOTIONALEvening, October 1
Ps 84:11
… Sickness may befall, but the Lord will give grace; poverty may happen to us, but grace will surely be afforded; death must come but grace will light a …
DEVOTIONALMorning, May 9
Eph 1:3
… He who gave himself for us in the depths of woe and death, doth not withdraw the grant now that he is enthroned in the highest heavens.
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 27
Ex 8:28
… us be more charitable and not carry matters with too severe a hand. Death to the world, and burial with Christ, are experiences which carnal minds treat with …
DEVOTIONALMorning, January 9
Je 31:33
… thy God” , art thou not possessor of all things? Desire is insatiable as death, but he who filleth all in all can fill it. The capacity of our …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 11
Ps 76:3
… 76:3 Our Redeemer’s glorious cry of “It is finished,” was the death-knell of all the adversaries of his people, the breaking of “the arrows of …
DEVOTIONALEvening, November 27
Eph 1:7
… at this moment, and forever, forgiven by virtue of his substitutionary pains and death. What joy is this! What bliss to be a perfectly pardoned soul! My soul …
SERMON • SERMON 1166Marrow and Fatness
2 Samuel 7:18-22
… Living tongues are dumb at best, We must die to speak of Christ." Death must unloose these stammering tongues or they will never be able to speak all …
DEVOTIONALMorning, March 1
Song 4:16
… Well may we court trial or even death itself if we shall thereby be aided to make glad Immanuel’s heart. O that our heart were crushed to …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 9
Jn 15:4
… In every case, in every condition, thou wilt need Jesus; but most of all, when the iron gates of death shall open to thee. Keep thou close to …
DEVOTIONALMorning, April 13
Song 1:13
… Consider him in his life, death, resurrection, ascension, second advent; view him in his virtue, gentleness, courage, self-denial, love, faithfulness, truth, righteousness—everywhere he is a bundle …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 17
1Ki 18:40
… With stern unflinching purpose must you condemn to death that sin which was once the idol of your heart. Do you ask how you are to accomplish this …
DEVOTIONALMorning, August 26
Ps 111:9
… of its immutability , as a covenant which neither time nor eternity, life nor death, shall ever be able to violate—a covenant as old as eternity and as …
DEVOTIONALMorning, September 3
Song 1:7
… Why do we love Jesus? Because he “ gave himself for us .” We have life through his death; we have peace through his blood. Though he was rich, yet …
SERMON • SERMON 2516Jesus and His Brethren
Genesis 45:1-5
… I have pierced and I have seen my sin put away by His death upon the Cross.'" Further, I want you to notice not only the excellence of …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 21
Heb 13:5
… God’s covenant? Will not the distresses of life and the pangs of death; will not the corruptions within, and the snares without; will not the trials from …
DEVOTIONALMorning, March 3
Is 48:10
… Dost thou not hear his voice? Even in the valley of the shadow of death he says, “Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I …
SERMON • SERMON 2036The Whole-Heartedness of God in Blessing His People
Jeremiah 32:41
… Perhaps the grandest thought of all was that God should meet Law by Law and death by death—and bring His people, guilty as they were, to bear …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 22
Na 1:3
… on with tardy footsteps, for God taketh no pleasure in the sinner’s death. God’s rod of mercy is ever in his hands outstretched; his sword of …
SERMON • SERMON 3499The Bliss of the Glorified
Revelation 7:16
… They have their palm-branches, for they have won the victory, but they ascribe the conquest to the Lamb, their triumph to his death. Their souls are satisfied …
DEVOTIONALEvening, April 26
Rev 16:15
… If we cannot be torn in pieces by the roaring lion, if we may be hugged to death by the bear, the devil little cares which it is …
DEVOTIONALEvening, October 21
Lu 24:38
… be in his sight.” “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” “We know that all things work together for good to them …
DEVOTIONALMorning, October 22
Ho 14:4
… The text is a death-blow to all sorts of fitness: “I will love them freely .” Now, if there were any fitness necessary in us, then he would …
DEVOTIONALEvening, June 24
Da 3:16,18
… the truth in the teeth of tyranny and in the very jaws of death. Let young Christians especially learn from their example, both in matters of faith in …
SERMON • SERMON 1330The Great Birthday
Luke 2:10
… But, lo, He has allied Himself with man, that creature a little lower than the angels, that creature who is made to suffer death by reason of his …