PREPARE to DIE: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES on DEATH & DYING
Yet in the dusk, there’s grace to find, A quiet peace for those who’re kind. For death’s embrace is not a thief, But passage to a timeless reef. So when the final curtain falls, Remember, love outlasts it all.
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Lisa Marie Presley's final post "Death is part of life whether we like it or not — ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
"Moody: If this is Death it is Sweet"
Friday, December 10, 2021
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
"When You Die of the Coronavirus, You Die Alone – "
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Monday, August 26, 2019
Monday, July 29, 2019
"Puzzled officials say minorities are shunning assisted suicide. Here's why. "
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Against their will. Sickening "Catholic Priest Witnesses Euthanization of Terrorized Mother "
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Saturday, January 5, 2019
O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY
Saturday, December 15, 2018
PRIEST SHOWS NO COMPASSION AT SUICIDE FUNERAL "Michigan teenager who committed suicide criticised by priest at his funeral "
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Friday, November 2, 2018
CULTURE OF DEATH [DENIAL] IN THE MIDST OF A BABY HOLOCAUST "We Shall Meet | Benedict Kiely | First Things "
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
#MLK niece "Evangelist Alveda King: #Genocide and #Eugenics are Death Care; Injustice Anywhere... "
Monday, July 9, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Sunday, January 28, 2018
"Catholic bishop warns about arguments for abortion "
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0127/936344-catholic-bishop-warns-about-arguments-for-abortion/
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
MOSTLY LOW INCOME PEOPLE, SOUNDS WRONG "Special Report: A business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold"
"...For $607, BRC sold the liver of a public school janitor to a medical-device company. The torso of a retired bank manager, bought by a Swiss research institute, fetched $3,191. A large Midwestern healthcare system paid $65 for two femoral arteries, one from a church minister. And the lower legs of a union activist were purchased by a Minnesota product-development company for $350 each.
For raw material, the industry relies in large part on people too poor to afford a funeral, offering to cremate a portion of each donated body for free.
A Reuters analysis of BRC donor files from May 3, 2011 through January 20, 2014 confirmed how important the disadvantaged were to business. The vast majority of BRC donors came from neighborhoods where the median household income fell below the state average. Four out of five donors didn't graduate from college, about twice the ratio of the country as a whole..."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/special-report-business-where-human-bodies-were-butchered-131025725.html
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
"Euthanasia: Terminally ill patient welcomes 'humane' future for Victoria's dying"
personally, I am against so-called "euthanasia"
"Euthanasia: Terminally ill patient welcomes 'humane' future for Victoria's dying"
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
(all i ask is that i be not cremated) Sickening "Special Report: In the market for human bodies, almost anyone can sell the dead "
Body brokers also have become..."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-report-market-human-bodies-almost-anyone-sell-111210830.html
JESUS HEALS!
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Monday, October 9, 2017
DON'T WASTE MONEY ON EXPENSIVE FUNERALS ( at least not for me) "How a Memorial Society Helped Ease This Family’s Worst Nightmare"
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Friday, June 2, 2017
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
The UNSEEN VICTIMS OF THE DEATH PENALTY "Death row executioner: 'I still see their faces in my nightmares' " NZ Herald
Putting a prisoner to death "stays with you for a long time," says Ron McAndrew.
The former warden of Florida State Prison told AFP his own mental health had begun to deteriorate by the time he left his position in 1998 after taking part in eight executions.
McAndrew is particularly..."
http://mobile.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.php?c_id=2&objectid=11842157&ref=rss
Jesus Saves
Friday, March 17, 2017
GREAT IDEA "Michigan man - still very much alive - publishes his own obituary " MLive.com
In his "nobit," published first in the Sunday, March 12, edition of The Grand Rapids Press, her father invited the "countless people who have influenced my life" to join him Saturday at Thousand Oaks Golf Club, 4100 Thousand Oaks Dr. NE in Grand Rapids. He invites friends, colleagues and family to come and "share a roast beef sandwich, some shrimp and a beer with - on me!"
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/03/prominent_grand_rapids_attorne.html
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
Jimlin, I hope u live many more happy years, but..
Personallly, I finally made peace when I realized and put into action a dedicated life of great commission obedience ...not relying on seminary professors approval of me, not anybody else. Sure it makes life more difficult without a 6 figure ministry salary but GOD never said it would be easy. We must obey. I'm not perfect, far from it, but am trying 2b obedient.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Friday, December 9, 2016
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Monday, August 8, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
CANT AFFORD TO DIE "New York's Muslims struggle to bury their dead " Al Jazeera English
. All I hope for us to be remembered in heaven.
Vk
Saturday, June 4, 2016
" - Muhammad Ali - An Obituary"
"Will there ever be another fighter who writes poems, predicts rounds, beats everybody, makes people laugh, makes people cry, and is as tall and extra pretty as me?" he once asked his biographer Thomas Hauser.
"In the history of the world...."
http://m.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2016/0604/793312-muhammad-ali-an-obituary/
Vk
Monday, May 23, 2016
I DISAGREE w/ PART OF THIS: "Francis Chan: You Need to be Thinking about Your Own Death " Christian News Headlines
CHAN SAYS
"
Death is the ultimate consequence of sin (Romans 6:23). It is a curse. We feel this acutely when we attend the funeral of a loved one or ponder our own death. Death tells us that something is not right with the world, that we are living under the consequences of sin...."
http://www.christianheadlines.com/trending/francis-chan-you-need-to-be-thinking-about-your-own-death.html
Vk
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
PREPARE 2 DIE "Francis Chan: You Need to be Thinking about Your Own Death" Christian News Headlines
In his article "Think About Your Death" on John Piper's website Desiring God, author and pastor Francis Chan says that, though death is an unwelcome reality, pondering it can actually help us to live with the right focus...."
http://www.christianheadlines.com/trending/francis-chan-you-need-to-be-thinking-about-your-own-death.html
Vk
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Yes! "Pastor John Piper: Christians Should Choose Burial over Cremation "- Christian News Headlines
"resurrection glory."
"Burial," Piper continued, is thus equated to "sowing the seed of the body," and "is the biblical picture of belief in the resurrection of the body."
Piper also says that cremation can be viewed as anti-biblical due to the Bible's many references to hell and evil being associated with fire.
"The use of fire to ...."
http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/pastor-john-piper-christians-should-choose-burial-over-cremation.html
Vk
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
"Hearts really can 'break' after death of loved one -" UPI.com
Risk of atrial fibrillation -- a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can cause stroke and heart disease -- was 41 percent higher among people mourning the death of their partner, compared to others who are not grieving,..."
Vk
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Wow,CORPSE MEDITATION! "To Be Happier, Start Thinking More About Your Death" - NYTimes
intended as a key to better living. It makes
disciples aware of the transitory nature of their
own physical lives and stimulates a
realignment..."
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Monday, December 21, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
11/14/15 HOLIDAYS AREN'T ALWAYS HAPPY 4 EVERYBODY:"How to get through the holidays when you're grieving" | Goshen and Chester NY | Local News
"A helpful, encouraging seminar for people
facing the holidays after a loved one's death will be
held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Goshen
Christian Reformed Church, ..."
http://www.chroniclenewspaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20151112/NEWS01/151119987/0/MILESTONES03/How-to-get-through-the-holidays-when-you%27re-grieving
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
this kind of DEEPER PRAYER LIFE appeals to me: re st gregory palamas & hesychasm
- "solitary life", a sense, equivalent to "eremitical life", in which the term is used since the 4th century;
- "the practice of inner prayer, aiming at union with God on a level beyond images, concepts and language", a sense in which the term is found inEvagrius Ponticus (345-399), Maximus the Confessor (c. 580 - 662), and Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022);
- "the quest for such union through the Jesus Prayer", the earliest reference to which is in Diadochos of Photiki (c. 450);
- "a particular psychosomatic technique in combination with the Jesus Prayer", use of which technique can be traced back at least to the 13th century;
- "the theology of St. Gregory Palamas", on which see Palamism.[3..."
"Some words from St. John Climacus
- Every word is preceded by thought. And the remembrance of death and sins precedes weeping and mourning.
Not every desire for death is good. Some, constantly sinning from force of habit, pray for death with humility. And some, who do not want to repent, invoke death out of despair. And some, out of self-esteem consider themselves dispassionate, and for a while have no fear of death. And some (if such can now be found), through the action of the Holy Spirit, ask for their departure.
Some inquire and wonder: "Why, when the remembrance of death is so beneficial to us, has God hidden from us the knowledge of the hour of death?" – not knowing that in this way God wonderfully accomplishes our salvation. For no one who foreknew his death would at once proceed to baptism or the monastic life; but everyone would spend all his days in iniquities, and only on the day of his death, would he approach baptism and repentance. From long habit, he would become confirmed in vice, and would remain utterly incorrigible.
And I cannot be silent about the story of Hesychius the Horebite. He passed his life in complete negligence, without paying the least attention to his soul. Then he became extremely ill, and for an hour he expired. And when he came to himself, he begged us all to leave him immediately. And he built up the door of his cell, and he stayed in it for twelve years without ever uttering a word to anyone, and without eating anything but bread and water. And, always remaining motionless, he was so rapt in spirit at what he had seen in his ecstasy, that he never changed this manner of life but was always as if out of his mind, and silently shed hot tears. But when he was about to die, we broke open the door and went in, and after many questions, this alone was all we heard from him: "Forgive me! No one who has acquired the remembrance of death will ever be able to sin." We were amazed to see that one who had before been so negligent was so suddenly transfigured by this blessed change and transformation. We reverently buried him in the cemetery near the fort, and after some days we looked for his holy relics, but did not find them. So by Hesychius's true and praiseworthy repentance, the Lord showed us that He accepts those who desire to amend, even after long negligence...." - http://orthodoxwiki.org/Hesychasm
- "...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
(good),HEALING v CURING: "The miracle of dying"
Healing is different than curing. Curing is when you
don't want things to change. You want your injury
fixed, your illness eradicated, which depends on the
skill of the practitioner."
But healing is a different phenomenon, says the
physician, with the power to heal residing within the
patient..."
http://angelusnews.com/news/local/the-miracle-of-dying-9206/#.ViJKXjMidoZ
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
"How to Talk About Dying"
for the good of those who love Him,..."
Romans 8.28
Friday, May 29, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
MAN ARGUES NOBODY IS IN HEAVEN YET: "End Of The Age - What Happens After Death?" - Passion for Truth Ministries
for the good of those who love Him,..."
Romans 8.28
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
he has Crossed Over From Death to life
hears my word &
believes Him who
sent me has eternal life &
will not be
condemned;
he has
Crossed Over
From
Death to life."
John 5:24
--
for the good of those who love him,..."
Romans 8.28
Thursday, March 19, 2015
HUG of LIFE: "Goodbye Hug Miraculously Brings Newborn Back to Life" - Christian News Headlines,,,,
--
for the good of those who love him,..."
Romans 8.28
video: "WHERE DO PEOPLE GO WHEN THEY DIE? " (re out-of-body & near-death experiences)
--
for the good of those who love him,..."
Romans 8.28
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
video,""A Place Called Heaven" by Richard Sigmund - Part 1 of 2 "
by Richard Sigmund - Part 1 of 2 "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQF-HSRWUg
video inspirational ! HER ACCOUNT OF HEAVEN: "Soaking in Heaven's Glory!" by Kat Kerr
HER ACCOUNT OF HEAVEN:
"Soaking in Heaven's Glory!"
by Kat Kerr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMH-mFF4II
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
audio 3/9/15 CHRIS McCANN (harold camping assoc) NOW SAYS END OF WORLD IS OCT 7, 2015
not endorsing it...
I don't endorse end-of-times predictions
audio 3/9/15
CHRIS McCANN (harold camping assoc) NOW SAYS END OF WORLD IS
OCTOBER 7, 2015
see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6AROYB21IU
, heard on coast-too-coast radio, hosted by george noory; McCann was/is affiliated with family radio & the late harold camping, & is now defending Camping's prediction of the end of the world on May 11, 2011 & then October 21, 2011...and says that in fact the date was correct..but it was a "spiritual death" ...& NOW THE PHYSICAL END WILL COME ON OCTOBER 7, 2015 !!!!
I don't find any media reports about this new prediction, but here's an older story that talks about McCann & Camping
http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/did-campings-followers-set-a-new-2012-rapture-date/
also McCann's website called eBIBLE Fellowship as of 3/10//15 proudly proclaims "WHY OCTOBER 7, 2015 is the LIKELY END of the WORLD" , see http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/
harold camping, chris mcCann, ebible fellowship, family radio, judgment day, apocalypse,
Monday, March 9, 2015
SOME ARE INTERESTING: "Best Videos of Encounter with Jesus, Angels, Healing, Heaven "
"Best Videos of Encounter with Jesus, Angels, Healing, Heaven"
Saturday, March 7, 2015
SHOULD THIS WOMAN BE EXECUTED?"Let Kelly Gissendaner Live" | Christianity Today
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/march-web-only/let-kelly-gissendaner-live.html
Monday, March 2, 2015
(not fact-checked by me) MORE NDE's (youtube videos)
(not fact-checked by me)
MORE NDE's (youtube videos)
"Ryan Rampton -
NDE experience and lesson about Joy"
Howard Storm Interview - STUNNING AND LIFE CHANGING NDE
Saturday, February 28, 2015
3 NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES, HEAVEN EXPERIENCES (videos)
Near Death Experience
Heaven NDE Jim Wilhelm
"A Near Death Experience Leads to God -- Testimony "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqSfZ8kQrdIPresent! - Mary Neal's Near-Death Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as6yslz-RDwSaturday, February 14, 2015
ANGELIC GAL re "Life after Death- Died at party then met god! "
"Life after Death- Died at party then met god!" ...but what about Jesus? Is this a Christian testimony or just about life-after-death?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcpxEwHI0ME
(not fact-checked by me) GOOD: "100% Proof of What Happens When You Die: The Afterlife Revealed Through Near Death Experiences!! "
"100% Proof of What Happens When You Die: The Afterlife Revealed Through Near Death Experiences!!"
(excerpt), amazing story re "mistaken for dead" re gordy frederick, 1943 navy (by joel kilpatrick, pentecosta evangel nov 2014
Monday, February 9, 2015
Fwd: Teen Dead for 45 Minutes Comes Back to Life as Mother Prays,,,
"Teen Dead for 45 Minutes Comes Back to Life as Mother Prays"
http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/teen-dead-for-45-minutes-comes-back-to-life-as-mother-prays.html
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
(video-link) (not fact-checked by me) THIS GUY's a PRETTY GOOD PREACHER re HELL
Thursday, January 29, 2015
video: SHE SAYS SHE EXPERIENCED HEAVEN
Subject: video: SHE SAYS SHE EXPERIENCED HEAVEN
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*"Angelica Zambrano - 23 hours Dead, Hell and Heaven Testimony*
* (Rapture & Message of God) "*
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkFRPt4xIVY*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkFRPt4xIVY>
Monday, January 26, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
HEAVEN 4 REAL KID re-CONFIRMS HIS EXPERIENCE WAS TRUE in WAKE of MALARKEY CONFESSION:"Colton Burpo Says His 'Heaven Is for Real' Story is True"
"Colton Burpo Says His 'Heaven Is for Real' Story is True"
http://m.christianpost.com/news/colton-burpo-says-his-heaven-is-for-real-story-is-true--132739/
MALARKEY's HEAVEN BOOK was MALARKEY,ADMITS MALARKEY:"‘Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ actually didn’t; books recalled" - The Washington Post
(At least he lived up to his name!)
MALARKEY's HEAVEN BOOK was MALARKEY,ADMITS MALARKEY:"'Boy Who Came Back From Heaven' actually didn't; books recalled" - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/boy-who-came-back-from-heaven-going-back-to-publisher/
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Ephesians 4.4 "...one glorious hope for the future...."
just as you have been called to one
glorious hope for the future."Eph4.4