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A Study of Psalm 16 (verse 10, Not Abandoned)
1 Preserve me, God, because I take refuge in you. 2 I say to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have nothing good.” 3 I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones
Continue reading...What Happens When We Die
He was the oldest child in his family, and when he woke to a fire in his house, he woke two of his siblings and got them to flee the house. But his mom and another sibling were in a part of the house
Continue reading...Why did God even have the tree of life in Eden?
Question: If death is the consequence of sin, then, by implication, had there been no sin, there would be no death. Why then would God have been concerned about Adam and Eve getting to the fruit of the
Continue reading...What is Purgatory?
Question: What is Purgatory and isn’t it contradictory to the Gospel? Answer: Purgatory is found in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a doctrine of the existence of an intermediate state,
Continue reading...Is It Okay for a Christian to Be Cremated?
Question: I cannot find anything in my bible study relating what is proper in burial of the believer. Would cremation be allowed biblically? Is there anything in the Bible that would forbid it? This is
Continue reading...Does Satan Have the Power of Death?
Question: When someone goes in for an operation and others say it’s in God’s hands, is it, or is it in Satan’s hands, since he can give death not God–because God does not kill and God gave Satan
Continue reading...Grace Be With You – 2 Timothy 4:19-22
There has never been a servant of Christ who contributed more to the spread and the understanding of the gospel than the apostle Paul. This is evidenced by the amount of Scripture authored by him and
Continue reading...He Is Very Useful to Me – 2 Timothy 4:9-18
At the end of his life, people were important to Paul. His friends and co-laborers could either bring him comfort or distress. The same was true for Jesus. He wanted his three closest disciples,
Continue reading...The Time of My Departure Has Come – 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Paul mentions the crown of righteousness that he will receive on judgment day, and that crown is available for all who love Jesus’ appearing. Four other crowns are mentioned in the New Testament,
Continue reading...Solve My Riddle – Psalm 49
There is not a lot of evidence in the Old Testament for belief that the soul lives after the body dies, but there is enough. And this psalm points in that direction. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the
Continue reading...Lifted Up – John 12:27-36
I often say, “I don’t fear death, I fear dying.” Death for the believer means instant transport of our souls to the presence of God in heaven. That is not something to be feared.
Continue reading...Grave Clothes – John 11:38-57
The Jewish Virtual Library asserts that “one thing expressed most clearly by Israelite burial practices is the common human desire to maintain some contact with the community even after death, through
Continue reading...Youth and Old Age: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8
The Preacher has been holding up the mirror to our faces, urging us to see the reality we so want to ignore. As we have aged we have seen the mirror clearly revealing the disintegration of our youth. I
Continue reading...A Futile Search: Ecclesiastes 2
I remember, vividly, wondering why I had not been able to get a job in my field of study and deciding it was because I had not been faithful enough in my daily devotions. God was withholding a job from
Continue reading...Blessed Are the Dead: Daily Thoughts from Revelation (Revelation 14:6-13)
You’ve heard it many times. “It was a blessing that she went on, she was suffering so much.” Though death is our great enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26), as Christians we know that what comes
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