Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Maybe this question echoes faintly in the back of your mind. Perhaps it slips in unnoticed as sorrow fills your heart and quickly becomes something to dwell on. Even if this question has never consumed you, my guess is that you’ve asked it before. It’s a functional rite of passage for those interested in apologetics […]
A Word of Hope: Reflecting on Luther’s Lectures on Genesis
I teach church history as part of my profession. In doing so, I’ve discovered it to be exactly what my teachers described—a wonderful means of keeping the faith. Of the figures from our past who have helped me, Martin Luther stands at the top of the list, as he continually points me away from myself […]
Go to Funerals
When we take our membership vows, we are not joining a hobby or a club. We join a body. A body needs all its members—especially at a funeral.
There Will Most Assuredly Come A Morning
Death always leaves you longing for just one more something.
Autumn and the Beauty of Death for the Christian
Series: Beholding and Becoming
Death for the Christian is beautiful because it brings us to the place we were made for.
The Incarnation and My Brother’s Death
The good news is that Christ's death and resurrection set in motion a righting of the wrongs in this world.
Dwelling on Death
Many would rather live it up now and use the party they create out of their life as a sedative numbing them to the certainty of what lies ahead in death.
How to Sleep When You�re Afraid
One day my eyelids will do what they were made to do.
How to Sleep When You’re Afraid
One day my eyelids will do what they were made to do.
Her Stillborn, Him Sovereign
Anguish and confidence met to form sonorous, singing agreement: our God in heaven is sovereign.