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Care in the Dying Process

Facing Death With Hope: Living For What Lasts

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  • David Powlison

Because Christ suffered and died for our sin, those who believe in Christ may face death, the last enemy, with an unshakeable hope for life after death.

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Peter

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  • G. Gunnink

This article is about life and death, spiritual life and spiritual death. The author looks at someone in a vegetative state.

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Three Things That God Does to Death

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  • Adriel Sanchez

How do you view death? While some prefer to avoid thoughts about death, this is futile. Yet this article explains how the Lord confronts death.

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Why Do Believers Have to Die?

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  • David P. Murray

Dying brings spiritual blessings for the believer. It brings us into communion with Christ's sufferings, gives us a unique experience of Christ's grace, it transforms us into Christ's image, it is our last opportunity to witness for Christ, and it brings us to Christ. Let this article explain all of this.

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Pastoral Care of the Terminally Ill

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  • Malcolm Maclean

This article on the pastoral care of the terminally ill looks at the stages of the terminally ill, the pastor's goals in this pastoral care, the family, and the visitations.

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Pastoring the Dying and the Mourning

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Caring for the dying and the mourning is the pastor’s and the church member's loving duty.

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It Is Appointed Once to Die

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  • Richard A. Nelson

This article is about spiritual death and physical death. Grief and the preparation for death are also discussed.

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Why You Should Think About Death

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  • William Boekestein

Are you prepared to die? Many people are not prepared to die, nor prepared to even think about the prospect of death because of a fear of death. This article explains why it is valuable for you to think about death.

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Ashes to Ashes, and Yet

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  • Rachel Green Miller

Is death the end for Christians? Many peoples assume that the terminology of "ashes to ashes and dust to dust" that they hear at funerals means the end. The article discusses the hope brought to you by the death and resurrection of Jesus, even in the face of death.

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Three Things That God Does to Death

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  • Adriel Sanchez

Why Christians should not have a fear of death? This article answers by explaining three things that God does to death.

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Asleep in Jesus Death for the believer is not a place of darkness but repose and rest

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  • J. Ligon Duncan

What blessings belong to believers also in the valley of the shadow of death? This article explains four things that believers receive immediately upon dying.

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Pastoring the Dying and Bereaved

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  • Arthur Bentley-Taylor

This article shows that the dying and bereaved need pastoral care. This pastoral care must be characterized by love, speaking to people about God, who is the creater and sustainer of all things.

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Start Planning Your Own Funeral

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  • Grayson Pope

This article shows from Scripture that one of the ways that the ancients sought after wisdom for life was by thinking about death. Scripture teaches us to number our days, and that it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting. Thus, the author speaks about the benefits of starting to plan already now for your funeral.

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Freed from the Fear of Death

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  • Larry Hoop

Are you gripped by the fear of death? Only Jesus can set you free from this. How? Looking at Hebrews 2:14-15 this article explains how.

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Death: The Last Enemy, and Our Deliverer

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  • Randy Alcorn

This article explains with an illustration how death is a transition from one world to the next.

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The Stings of Death: An Article Not Just for Old People

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  • Nathan Eshelman

Death brings its own sting to those left behind, yet such a sting is intensified by practical, earthly matters related to death. This article highlights three areas where you can reduce the sting from your family and church community, so that those you leave behind will be more able to mourn in peace. What are those areas? Make plans with your local funeral home and cemetery, talk with your pastor about your funeral, and take the time to write out a will.

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He Buried 200 Church Members

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  • Erik Raymond

Pastoring people to their death is an experience every pastor will go through. How should the reality of death shape your pastoral ministry? This article shares four implications.

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The Consolation of the Sick

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  • Gerald R. Procee

This article looks at the consolation of the sick through the ages. The author also discusses a treatise, The Consolation of the Sick, that was written for the purpose of guiding people on their death bed. The article ends with important pastoral guidelines when counselling a dying person.

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How We Face Sickness and Death

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  • Bartel Elshout

Knowing that God is our Father and living in dependence on his sustaining grace are what make the Christian face sickness and death out of trust in God. Let this article explain.

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Why You Should Think about Death

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  • Ryan M. McGraw

Death will either bring you to the loving hands of God, or it will bring you to face his fury in hell. Looking at Isaiah 51:6 this article shows how one should think about death, and that the comfort needed to face death is found in God's salvation.

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Where There's Hope, There's Life

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  • J. I. Packer

What is the Christian hope? From 2 Corinthians 5:1-8 this article shows that Christian hope is looking forward to a new dwelling place, new clothing, new home, and being with Christ. This should be the Christian's comfort as he faces the aging period.

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Mortality: Christians Need not Fear Death

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  • J. I. Packer

Through the resurrection of Christ, death and its terrors have been demolished. For this reason the Christian need not fear death because in death he goes to be with the Lord. This is what the article explains.

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Rays of Light in the Shadow of Death (The Pastoral Care of the Dying)

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  • Barry James

This article is about providing pastoral care to the dying. This care focuses on the present, past and future realities of the dying person and other people involved.

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Margaret

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  • Norma Ellis

This article is about forgiveness and peace.

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Falling Leaves

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  • Joel R. Beeke

What should be the Christian’s attitude toward death and dying? This article explains that Christians must learn to see that there is beauty in dying, and that their death is dear to God.

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I Go to Prepare a Place for You

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  • A. Berean

In thinking about death and dying, some people long for eternity, others act as though there is no life after death, and still others are full of fear and uncertainty. This article shows how to face death through the comfort found in the gospel.

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“So What Are You Doing Here?” The Role of the Minister of the Gospel in Hospital Visitation, or a Theological Cure for the Crisis in Evangelical Pastoral Care

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  • Michael A. Milton

This article sees hospital visitation or visitation of the sick as a necessary part of the calling of the pastor. In particular, this author calls for an intentional re-orientation in the training of pastors toward a more biblically faithful and vocationally satisfying approach to the visitation of the sick and dying.

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