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Death and Dying

Death and Dying

Posted Apr 27 2010

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me – Psalm 23:4
We read in yesterday’s devotion that God is with us even to our old age. The psalmist takes it a step further with the assurance “though I walk through the valley […]

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The Story of Zac Smith

Posted Apr 01 2010

As Lasserre Bradley mentioned in his recent blog post, our readers and listeners have been expressing their abounding joy at the overcoming power of Jesus Christ over death, in response to the March issue of the Baptist Witness on that subject.
With that in mind, I was touched by this brief biographical video of a 33-year-old […]

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Death and Dying

Posted Mar 27 2010

Whether…the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours – 1 Corinthians 3:22
What a strange thing to say. How can Paul claim with a straight face that everything—even death—has been given to God’s people and belongs to them?
It certainly does not feel as though the world belongs to […]

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Jesus Our Example

Posted Mar 23 2010

Jesus wept – John 11:35
This verse is famous for being the shortest verse in the Bible. But it deserves our attention for reasons much more significant than that. What a scene! The eternal, unchanging, immovable God-in-the-flesh Jesus, weeping in front of the tomb of a friend.
How mysterious a scene this is. And yet there are […]

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Comfort one another with these words

Posted Mar 22 2010

We have been receiving an unusually strong and enthusiastic response to the current issue of the Baptist Witness, the theme of which is “Comfort One Another With These Words” and deals with the subject of death and loss.
Many people–who are either facing death themselves, or have lost loved ones–have expressed what a blessing and comfort […]

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