Death & Dying

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… and balmy day, ours to be our Guide in life, our Help in death, and our Glory in immortality! "Our own God," affording us His wisdom to guide …

Limiting God

Psalm 78:41

… oath. “As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, but had rather that he should turn unto me and …

Mistakes Concerning God

Psalm 1:21

… His Justice has been fully vindicated by the death of His Son, the Substitute for sinners. That was necessary, for He could not tarnish His Justice even for …

'It Pleased God'

Galatians 1:15

… So, as I stand here, I am linked with both the past and the future— linked so perfectly that neither time, nor life, nor death, nor Hell shall …

Winnowing Time

Jeremiah 23:28

… A land of death and ruin and despair. A land that eats up the inhabitants with pain and anguish and lamentation! That is where the chaff must go …

The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 4:24

… So, thou poor legalist, if thou art depending on thy works, or on anything, except the free sovereign grace of God, for thy deliverance from death, thou wilt …

The Call of 'Today'

Hebrews 3:7

… Closed forever are the gates of Mercy—the death warrant is signed—the gallows are erected for the execution. Now it is noteworthy that the Holy Spirit, neither …

Thoughts and Their Fruit

Jeremiah 6:19

… a windbag and when either the ills of life, or the crisis of death shall put a pin into it, what a collapse there will be! How the …

A Definite Challenge for Definite Prayer

Mark 10:51

… Men are saved, blessed be God, many years before the time of death—and conscious of being saved, too. In some respects they are as thoroughly and perfectly …

The Minister's Plea

Philippians 1:19

… us"? There is between us and you a tie which neither life nor death can break. We shall recognize it in eternity. When fathers, mothers, husbands and wives …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Ephesians 1:5

… expected to be clothed in the felon's garb and taken away to death, is now to be exalted and clothed in robes of honor! So, Christian, think …

The Only Door

John 10:9

… is its Glory, and well may His Father love Him because of it—and well may we, who are eternally to benefit by His death—also love Him!

Meeting Of The Neighboring Churches

… over temptation, of love over selfishness, and of hope over the fear of death! There, there would be workings of devout emotion—now sinking down in the dust …

Man's Scorn and God's Succor

Job 16:20

… and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed Me. There they are—the cruel multitude—thrusting out the tongue and hooting at …

The Prodigal'S Reception

Luke 15:20

… step up to now has been taken as though into the jaws of death. "Ah," says the sinner, "it must be a long time before I can dare …

Both Sides of the Shield

Exodus 17:8

… play! It was a hand-to-hand conflict, a struggle for life or death, and the end of it was that, "Joshua vanquished Amalek and his people with …

Divine Gentleness Acknowledged

Psalm 18:35

… Do you recollect the felling that the anger of God pursued you? When death seemed to be before you, and you could see no way of escape? I …

The Blessings of Public Worship

Luke 18:10

… Neglect of the means of Grace is the death of all soul-prosperity. But an earnest love of the House of God and all who belong to God …

Psalm 66

Psalm 66

… The Christian's inference is that no obstacle in his journey heavenward need hinder him, for the sea could not hinder Israel, and even death itself shall be …

The Sealing of the Spirit

Ephesians 1:13

… love their fellow Christians and thus, "we know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren." Once we thought the godly a dull …

Knowledge Commended

Daniel 11:32

… Yours to have and to hold through life, in death and in eternity, because He has laid hold of you and will hold you even to the end …

Marvellous Increase of the Church

Isaiah 60:8

… It is a horrible thought, that there are some, we fear, who lay their head upon their death pillow, as they think, in sure and certain hope of …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… Neither time with its lapse, nor suffering with its fret, nor doubt with its venom, nor death with its terrors can take from you that certainty of faith …

A Well-ordered Life

Psalm 119:133

… in effort—there will be the name to live, but there will be death. But where there is a people who, with little strength, have, nevertheless, kept God …

Heart-communing

1 Kings 10:2

… hold on—to hold fast—to hold through life and to hold in death to Him whose face we have never seen, yet whom we know to be …

Two Pauls and a Blinded Sorcerer

Acts 13:12

… And, being reproved and melted by the sight, he fled from the spot, repented, believed and lived a godly life! Until his death at the battle of Prestonpans …

War With Amalek

Exodus 17:8

… We must see its sinfulness by the light of His sufferings—see its mischief in the sorrows of His death—see its destruction in the triumphs of His …

Jesus Near but Unrecognized

Luke 24:16

… upon on the first day of the week, that we may show His death until He shall come. Whichever it was, whether the devotion proper to their own …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… may not find you out, the grim “sergeant of the house “is coming—Death is coming—and he will discover you! What will be the penalty of your …

The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

… could all unite in solemn league and covenant to break the bands of death and sever the laws of justice, he that sitteth in the heavens would laugh …

Independence of Christianity

Zechariah 4:6

… heads from their pillows, and began to sing, even in the agonies of death. I thought I saw others of them girding up their loins, and crying, “What …

Lydia, the First European Convert

Acts 16:14

… This act is to be a token and type to you of your oneness with Him in His death and burial and resurrection." What did Lydia say? Did …

All Things Are Ready, Come

Luke 14:17

… All things are ready—life for your death, forgiveness for your sin, cleansing for your filth, clothing for your nakedness, joy for your sorrow, strength for your weakness …

The Jeer Of Sarcasm, And The Retort Of Piety

2 Samuel 6:20-22

… hope of her family pride—she went childless to the day of her death. Well now, this picture is designed to teach us some wholesome lesson. I want …

The Clean and the Unclean

Leviticus 11:2

… in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Have you never read that sentence which says, “Whosoever shall be ashamed of me …

A Life-Long Occupation

Hebrews 13:15

… and not praise God? Behold redemption accomplished, sin pardoned, salvation purchased, Hell vanquished, death abolished and all this achieved by your blessed Lord and Master! Can you see …

Infallibility—Where To Find It and How To Use It

Matthew 4:4

… Do not argue with him, but wave in his face the banner, "It is written." Satan cannot endure the Infallible Truth of God, for it is death to …

Visits From the Lord

John 21:7

… And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and have crucified Him. But we trusted that it had been He which …

Opening the Mouth

Psalm 81:10

… The darkness thick-ens—among the learned it has blackened into Egyptian night and among the illiterate it is as the valley of the shadow of death. Skepticism …

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… be spoken of humbly, but yet most boldly, that we have passed from death unto life, that we have been brought out of the kingdom of Satan into …