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Grieving With Hope

We all struggle in times of death, including Martin Luther. With repentant hearts as Christians, death invites us to grieve the loss of a precious person – a gift to us and a life that has meant so much. As Christians, we remember that “since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep” (1 Thess. 4:14).

Grieving With Hope

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