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The Christian Response to Assisted Suicide

The Christian Response to Assisted Suicide

Many in our world are wandering in a desert of confusion, measuring the quality of health and life against oddly-contrived notions ...
Simple Promises

Simple Promises

There are practical ways you can talk to your children about death. When a loved one dies, children should hear simple ...
Prepared for Death

Prepared for Death

When we enter the working world in early adulthood, we begin to save for retirement, though it’s 50 years away. If we can be so ...
Numbering Our Days

Numbering Our Days

This Bible study helps us look to God, who teaches us to number our days (Psalm 90), as we prepare for death. Numbering Our Days
Murdered in the Woods by a Robber

Murdered in the Woods by a Robber

The thought of suicide is never to be an option even though a government may permit or even promote it with legalized assisted ...
Mercy on Holy Ground

Mercy on Holy Ground

There is perhaps no more important place on earth for a Christian to show mercy to his or her neighbor than at the deathbed of a dear ...
Medical Directives and Some Misunderstandings

Medical Directives and Some Misunderstandings

Medical directives give directions in health care decision-making in anticipation of the possibility that the patient will be unable ...
Luther’s Handbook on Dying

Luther’s Handbook on Dying

The Gospel prepares you to die well. We prepare for death by going to the very place where death is defeated, where time stops, and ...
I Want to Burden My Loved Ones

I Want to Burden My Loved Ones

We shouldn’t hesitate to empower our loved ones to make medical decisions for us as long as they avoid the futile question “What would ...
If I Should Die

If I Should Die

Everyone needs to be ready to die. Death can come suddenly. But if death may come without warning, is it still possible to prepare for ...
Hope That Gives Life

Hope That Gives Life

Christians need not fear death because God gives us His life and the promise of eternal life. Hope That Gives Life
Hope and Guidance

Hope and Guidance

Advance medical directives convey our wishes to caregivers when we no longer can. Christians approach these differently than the world ...