Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 11, 2010
A friend loans you a car at the last moment. As he rushes off, he says, "By the way, the gas gage is broke." You have no idea whether the tank is almost full or nearly empty.
This is our status in life. Some of us die young, others live to be
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on Oct 29, 2010
THE JOY OF OUR REUNION
Rev. Don Piper in his "death experience" describes the reunion he experienced in heaven in his book 90 Minutes in Heaven. Listen to an excerpt: (p. 21)
"Joy pulsated through me as I looked around, and at that moment I became aware of a large crowd of people. They stood"
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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THE STAGES OF LOSS
Several years ago a profound and dramatic research project began in Chicago's Billings Hospital. It was a seminar on death, in which psychiatists, chaplains, nurses, and medical doctors studied the ultimate human crisis of facing death.
Basic findings is that the very ill
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
WHAT WILL THEY SAY?
A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?"
The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I
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Brethren
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
WHY DO YOU ASK?
A vicar was walking along the road when a lady stopped him and this question. "Vicar" she asked. "What do you think about cremation?"
Without hesitation the vicar replied, "You know the scriptural principle don't you?"
"No" the lady replied.
"You bury treasure but you burn
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 22, 2011
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THE ANGEL AND ANTHONY BURGER
Anthony Burger died at age 44. Many feel that he is the finest gospel pianist that ever lived. He spent the last ten years playing for the Gaither Vocal Band. He last played on a cruise ship. Fifteen hundred people were on the cruise, vacationing during the day, and
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Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
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OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A...
Listen to what the Bible compares our lives to, and as you do, notice that the central theme of each comparison is the idea of the BREVITY of our lives upon this earth:
* First, our lives are compared to A VAPOR (James 4:1) - Think about the vapor from a teapot. It is
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 11, 2011
I SHALL BE ALIVE...
One of the penetrating churchmen of the past generation was Reverend James Gordon Gilkey. While living in Portland, Oregon, he was told by his physician that he had an incurable disease. Death could not be averted, nor long delayed. What did he do? Here is his own story:
"I
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 21, 2011
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MOODY'S DYING WORDS
"Earth recedes. Heaven opens before me. If this is death, it is sweet! There is no valley here. God is calling me, and I must go."
"No, no, Father," said Moody's son, "You are dreaming."
"I am not dreaming," replied Moody. "I have been within the gates. I have seen the
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Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 27, 2011
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WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR?
Four friends were talking about death. One of them asked the other three, "When you are in your casket and people are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?"
The first man said, "I'd like to hear them say that I was a fine physician in my time
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THE MACHINE WEARS OUT
President Woodrow Wilson experienced the devastation of World War I, he suffered a stroke which severely weakened him, 3 years after leaving office he died. His last words were, "The machinery
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A mayor in Brazil, Da Silva was seeking to make its citizens get adequate health care and solve the problem of a lack of burial space. He proposed that a fine or jail time for the family of those who had family members who died too
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 22, 2012
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NOT ALLOWED TO DIE
Back in March of 2008, the mayor of a city in SW France had a problem. It seems his village was running out of space. Not in housing, nor in the retail district, nor even at City Hall. It seems they were running out of space... in the cemetery. There was no room for any more
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Erwin McManus reminds us that Christianity is a dangerous faith. Listen to what he says:
"How could we ever think the Christian faith would be safe when its central metaphor is an instrument of death? It is not a coincidence that baptism is a water grave depicting death and resurrection"..."It is
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