A Look at ‘After Death’ – A New Film about Near Death Experiences
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“the docudrama explores medical and scientific evidence, common types of NDEs, and the impact on people who report having these experiences.” - Reasons
Pew research: Many Americans report interacting with dead relatives in dreams or other ways
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“Around half of U.S. adults (53%) say they’ve ever been visited by a dead family member in a dream or some other form. And substantial shares say they’ve had interactions with dead relatives in the past 12 months” - Pew
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The Imminence of Death
Or perhaps better—the imminence of death as related to prophecy.
The Imminence of Death—note that I didn’t say The Death of Imminence—though some want to quash the latter. Death isn’t a nice subject. Yet it’s one which demands our attention. Barring the Lord’s return for His church—in whatever context we think that will be—we’ll all have to cross the Great River of Death at some point.
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Eternity, Death, and Freedom: an interesting exchange among Twitter elites
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“…since becoming ‘free’ (at the initial fall), mankind has sought to idolize freedom. The ironic truth is that freedom exists only where autonomy is released (John 8:36; 2 Cor 3:17; Gal 5:1, 13).” - DBTS Blog
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Most Americans in 2020 chose cremation – why burials are becoming less common
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“As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it.” - RNS
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Nanci Alcorn, Beloved Wife of Best-Selling Author Randy Alcorn, Has Passed Away
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Nanci died Monday after battling cancer since 2018. - C.Leaders
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To Dust You Shall Return
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“The so-called memento mori (meaning,”remember that you will die”) is a staple of classic Christian art (as in motifs of the skull on the table, the hour glass, extinguished candles, wilted flowers, etc.).” - Veith
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End-of-life conversations can be hard, but your loved ones will thank you
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“…while 90% of adults say that talking to their loved ones about their end-of-life wishes is important, only 27% have actually had these conversations.” - The Conversation
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How Should We Think Biblically About End-of-Life Care?
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“In this episode of TGC Q&A, the fifth in our six-week series on faith and work, Bill Davis answers the question, ‘How should we think biblically about end-of-life care?’” - TGC
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Let’s Talk about Cremation–Theologically
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“Christians (and others) who think burial is somehow more consistent with resurrection are simply confused—about both buried (or entombed) bodies and about resurrection bodies. With very, very few exceptions, buried bodies eventually decay, rot, even liquify.” - Roger Oleson
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