![Prepared for Death](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
When we enter the working world in early adulthood, we begin to save for retirement, though it’s 50 years away. If ...
![Numbering Our Days](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
This Bible study helps us look to God, who teaches us to number our days (Psalm 90), as we prepare for ...
![Murdered in the Woods by a Robber](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The thought of suicide is never to be an option even though a government may permit or even promote it with ...
![Mercy on Holy Ground](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
There is perhaps no more important place on earth for a Christian to show mercy to his or her neighbor than at the ...
![Medical Directives and Some Misunderstandings](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Medical directives give directions in health care decision-making in anticipation of the possibility that the ...
![Luther’s Handbook on Dying](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The Gospel prepares you to die well. We prepare for death by going to the very place where death is defeated, ...
![I Want to Burden My Loved Ones](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
We shouldn’t hesitate to empower our loved ones to make medical decisions for us as long as they avoid the futile ...
![If I Should Die](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Everyone needs to be ready to die. Death can come suddenly. But if death may come without warning, is it still ...
![Hope That Gives Life](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Christians need not fear death because God gives us His life and the promise of eternal life.
Hope That Gives Life
![Hope and Guidance](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Advance medical directives convey our wishes to caregivers when we no longer can. Christians approach these ...
![Heavenly Misconceptions](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The promise of eternal life for the Christian is the greatest and most comforting promise our Lord has given to ...
![Grieving With Hope](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20400%20284'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
We all struggle in times of death, including Martin Luther. With repentant hearts as Christians, death invites us ...