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Death & Dying
Death, mortality, dying well, and hope beyond the grave
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Morning, June 8
1Ch 5:22
… Quail not before superior numbers, shrink not from difficulties or impossibilities, flinch not at wounds or death, smite with the two-edged sword of the Spirit, and the …
SERMON • SERMON 2310Howling Changed To Singing
Psalm 13:1
… lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death." For you, mourners, the first step towards comfort is to go and take the matter to your God …
DEVOTIONALMorning, September 5
Ps 120:5
… They had to hazard their lives unto the death in the high places of the field, and you will not be crowned till you also have endured hardness …
DEVOTIONALMorning, April 19
Mt 27:51
… By the death of our Lord Jesus we have a clear revelation of God, for he was “not as Moses, who put a veil over his face.” Life …
DEVOTIONALMorning, October 4
Zec 14:7
… The Lord’s people shall also enjoy light in the hour of death . Unbelief laments; the shadows fall, the night is coming, existence is ending. Ah no, crieth …
SERMON • SERMON 2100Faith Essential to Pleasing God
Hebrews 11:6
… The communion of the living God goes not forth toward death and corruption. His fellowship is with those who have spiritual life, a life akin to His own …
DEVOTIONALMorning, November 9
Col 2:6
… end; the same when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and enter into the joy and the rest which remain for the people of …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 1
Ge 1:5
… My soul, thine evening of old age and death is drawing near; dread it not, for it is part of the day; and the Lord has said, “I …
SERMON • SERMON 1579Roads Cleared
Isaiah 57:14
… As long as one tear of penitence can dew your eyes, be not dismayed with the idea that you have committed the sin which is unto death, for …
SERMON • SERMON 3388Soul-threshing
Isaiah 28:27
… Possibly they also have a feeble mind and that which others would laugh at would be death to them—they shall be kept as the apple of the …
SERMON • SERMON 2180A Mediator
Galatians 3:20
… Jesus stands waiting to remove the barrier that divides you from God and to reconcile you to God by His own death. There must, however, in order for …
SERMON • SERMON 1494The One Foundation
1 Corinthians 3:11
… Call the community a religious club if you like, but it is no Church when once the Atonement made by the Lord Jesus, through His death in the …
SERMON • SERMON 1559Tokens For Good
Psalm 86:17
… That is fine language which Paul uses in the Epistle to the Corinthians—"Who delivered us from so great a death and does deliver: in whom we trust …
DEVOTIONALEvening, February 4
Jos 20:3
… grain of mustard seed,” you are safe. “A little genuine grace ensures The death of all our sins.” Only waste no time, loiter not by the way, for …
DEVOTIONALMorning, October 15
Mal 3:2
… enemies when he shall more fully reveal himself as the “ I am ?” His death shook earth and darkened heaven, what shall be the dreadful splendour of that day …
DEVOTIONALMorning, April 23
Ro 8:37
… deliver me from it.” This is the only way to give it a death-blow. Are you covetous? Do you feel the world entangle you? You may struggle …
SERMON • SERMON 885Serving The Lord
Romans 12:11
… Sinister motives and selfish aims are the death of true godliness. Search and look lest these betray you unawares. Furthermore, in all true service of God it is …
SERMON • SERMON 2182Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year
Ezekiel 48:35
… Without God, nowhere." In Him we live, and move, and have our being and, therefore, it would be death to us to be apart from God! Without God …
DEVOTIONALMorning, December 15
Ru 1:14
… Orpah is heard of no more; in glorious ease and idolatrous pleasure her life melts into the gloom of death; but Ruth lives in history and in heaven …
SERMON • SERMON 2099Concerning the Consolations Of God
Job 15:11
… Jesus bore the guilt of sin and put it all away by His death upon the Cross. And, in consequence, sin can be blotted out. Is not this …
SERMON • SERMON 1266Paul's Doxology
Ephesians 3:20
… You saints that lie upon your sick beds and you that are near to death, yet say, "Amen." You that suffer and you that labor, you who sow …
SERMON • SERMON 439The Danger Of Doubting
1 Samuel 27:1
… To have all the pangs of death, with all the strength of life! Now, such was David's trial—always safe but always harassed—always secure through God …
DEVOTIONALMorning, May 2
Jn 17:15
… Jesus does not plead for our instant removal by death, for to abide in the flesh is needful for others if not profitable for ourselves. He asks that …
SERMON • SERMON 2426A Prayer for Revival
Psalm 85:6
… After all these charges, you see, the love of God to His chosen people is still the same! Well might Paul say, "I am persuaded that neither death …
SERMON • SERMON 2566A Test for True Seekers
Jeremiah 50:5
… By nature, all are captives under the power of Satan, sin and death. That is the great Babylon that has carried captive even the elect of God! And …
SERMON • SERMON 2126Something Done for Jesus
Matthew 26:10
… I mean by sympathy, this—have you not felt, when you have heard of our Redeemer's sufferings and death, that He deserved a great reward for them …
SERMON • SERMON 1151A Revival Promise
Isaiah 44:3-6
… He gives liberally, and upbraids not! Our abounding sin and death need abounding life and power! In such a city as this the largest blessing will be none …
SERMON • SERMON 1160The Entreaty of the Holy Spirit
Hebrews 3:7
… If you ever hear of a sudden death, does it not generally happen to the robust? It seems as if the storm swept over the sickly and they …
SERMON • SERMON 1398Offended Because of Christ?
Matthew 11:6
… He was not actually scandalized because of the Lord whose forerunner he had been, but he held on to his testimony and sealed it with his death. Blessed …
SERMON • SERMON 2192The Joyous Return
Hosea 14:1-3
… Behold the Judge, instead of putting on the black cap to pronounce doom of death, stretches out His hands to the condemned and, in tones of pity, cries …
SERMON • SERMON 930Away With Fear
Isaiah 41:10
… that as sin has reigned unto death, even so might Grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." But Fear says, "I shall one …
SERMON • SERMON 2218"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"
Micah 2:7
… He will make His servants speak! Know, again, that if some of these servants are put to death, or silenced, the Spirit of the Lord is not straitened …
SERMON • SERMON 1075A Root Out Of A Dry Ground
Isaiah 53:2
… Any religion will win assent when the alternative is either conversion or instant death! Give a man a strong right hand and a sharp saber and he is …
SERMON • SERMON 1763Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.
Romans 1:20
… on the contrary, it becomes a savour of death unto them, because it leaves them without excuse. Our Saviour could plead for some, ‘Father, forgive them, for they …
SERMON • SERMON 1690Chariots of Iron
Judges 1:19
… WE frequently use Canaan as a type of Heaven, and the Jordan, through which Israel passed, as a symbol of death. Dr. Watts has taught us to sing …
SERMON • SERMON 555Nothing But Leaves
Mark 11:13
… You do really feel, when death and judgment press upon you, a certain sort of regret that you could have been so foolish, but the next day the …
SERMON • SERMON 2062Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Year's Promise
Deuteronomy 33:24-25
… An hour or so ago, I stood by what will certainly be the death-bed of one of our best friends, and I was cheered and comforted when …
SERMON • SERMON 1547Samuel and the Young Man Saul
1 Samuel 9:27
… that God shall give up the darling of His bosom to a cruel death and yet we will turn aside and will not regard it? The Lord grant …
SERMON • SERMON 2538An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm
Psalm 118:13
… THE LORD HAS CHASTENED ME SORELY, BUT HE HAS NOT GIVEN ME OVER TO DEATH." You may not see why this Scripture is strikingly suitable to the occasion …
SERMON • SERMON 1476Jesus, the Judge
Acts 10:42
… That Mediator is Prophet, Priest and King—and His kingship would be robbed of its Glory if the King had not the power of life and death—and …