Category Archives: Death

Dig those roots deeply.

[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by

Decide now on how you’ll face tragedy. It’s too late to wait until it strikes.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. – Jeremiah 29:11, KJV A few short days ago, tragedy struck a family in

Don’t live a life of style over substance.

Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)! – Ecclesiastes 12:8, Amplified Bible This week I learned of the recent deaths of three men I had some acquaintance with. Two of the

Sometimes, people die early for a very good reason.

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; and merciful and devout men are taken away, with no one considering that the uncompromisingly upright and godly person is taken away from the calamity and evil to come [even through wickedness]. He [in death]

Do you really understand how serious this is?

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. – Numbers 32:23, King James Version (KJV) None of us have a true grasp of how horribly

You are going to lose, and it’s going to hurt when you do.

And being in an agony [of mind], He prayed [all the] more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground. – Luke 22:44, AMP You are going to lose, and that’s

Trying to buy your way to Heaven is like trying to make 10 million pairs of socks with your own two hands.

7 None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him—8 For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice—9 So that he

God can show you how to never offend again.

Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble. Psalm 119:165, AMP Tragedy struck friends and families of Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana around 4:15 pm on Saturday, July 28, 2013. Less than a

God would like you to follow Andrew’s example.

What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. – Philippians 1:18, KJV We had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Bob Jones, III, Chancellor of Bob

Don’t lament the end of an era.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV It is terribly easy to become depressed when something we love comes to an end. We mourn for the loss, and naturally