Assessing the Arguments for and against Physician-Assisted Suicide
Wayne Grudem
In addition to arguments that can be made from the Bible against physician-assisted suicide (Ex. 20:13, “You shall not murder”), four additional arguments can be made against euthanasia.
Looking Heavenward Transforms Our Sorrow
Cameron Cole
Many may think this heavenly-mindedness would make a person detached and ineffective in this present earthly life. The opposite was true for the apostle Paul.
Why I No Longer Support the Death Penalty
Matthew T. Martens
In law school, I was a full-throated supporter of the death penalty, but I have come to the view that, as currently practiced in the United States, the death penalty is unjust as the Bible defines justice.
Jesus’s Birth Helps Us to Die
David Murray
Lots of people want to teach us how to postpone death through healthy living, but very few teach on how to face up to death when healthy living is fading.
The Outrage of Jesus
D. A. Carson
Today it is considered good form to weep discretely, dab tears and turn away, to be quiet and subdued. But in Jewish culture in the first century, that was simply not the way it was.
4 Questions about Our Suffering
Mark Talbot
Why are we to rejoice in our suffering? Why do we suffer in the ways that we do, and why do some suffer much more than others? Why doesn’t God usually answer our prayers for him to end our suffering?
What Does It Mean to Enter God’s Rest?
Richard Baxter
We are like the Israelites: When God gave them his Sabbaths of rest in a land of rest, he had more work to do to make them believe it than he had to overcome their enemies and obtain it for them.
14 Passages to Read about the Resurrection
As you enter into the celebration of Easter, read these passages to help you meditate on the significance of the resurrection.
10 Passages to Read with Someone Who Is Near Death
Consider reading these passages if you are together with someone nearing the end of their life and you are searching for comfort in God's word.
Why Death Is the Final Stage of Salvation
Crawford Gribben
Death often brings reality to light. When individuals are thrown onto their last resources, they show where their true hopes lay.
Podcast: How Confronting Death Helps Us Live (Matthew McCullough)
How can thinking and being really honest about the reality of death paradoxically free us to find hope and joy in God like never before?
10 Key Bible Verses on Death and Resurrection
God’s Word paints a picture of a future when death will be swallowed up in Christ’s victory on the cross and where believers will live eternally with him.
Podcast: Navigating Grief during the Holidays (Nancy Guthrie)
Nancy Guthrie discusses dealing with grief over the holidays and how God used suffering in her own life to teach her about his healing grace.
How to Pray in Times of Physical Pain
John Piper
Father in heaven, in spite of all our uncertainties and all our embattled anxieties and all our discomfort, we say, great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.
The Christian Life Is Not Interrupted by Death
Ian K. Smith
The New Testament answers the question about whether Christians at the point of death are in heaven with the comfort that they are “away from the body and at home with the Lord.”
An Open Letter to the Child Facing End-of-Life Decisions for a Parent
Kathryn Butler, MD
How can you make rational medical decisions while flailing in grief? Even if you know your parent’s wishes, the burdens can feel too heavy.
5 Myths about End-of-Life Care
Kathryn Butler, MD
Few things halt conversation as quickly as the topic of death, yet the stewardship of our God-given lives matters until the very end.
End-of-Life Comfort Measures: A Realistic Assessment
Kathryn Butler, MD
In the right circumstances, modern critical care saves lives. Yet medical technology harbors a dark side.
2 Principles for Formulating Advance Directives
Kathryn Butler, MD
There are two important things to think about when equipping those you love how to act on your behalf.
4 Principles for Making Critical End-of-Life Decisions
Kathryn Butler, MD
There are four key principles that arise from Christian bioethics that can practically help us when we are in emotional turmoil.
How Faith in Christ Alters Our Perspective on Death
Kathryn Butler, MD
There are two main points in which Christian faith should differentiate how we approach end-of-life care.
The Cross Is a Shared Victory
Tim Savage
The cross of Christ was more than a victory for Christ alone. It was a triumph in which we, too, can participate.
How Being Honest about Death Brings Hope
Matthew McCullough
We live with more detachment from death than in any other time and place in history.
What Is Our True Comfort in Life and Death?
Matthew McCullough
If you want both comfort in life and death, start by recognizing the truth about the world and about yourself.
Memento Mori: What It Means and Why It Matters
Matthew McCullough
When we see death as an unshakeable reality, it has the ability shed perspective on life in the meantime.
What Happens When We Forget We’ll Die
Matthew McCullough
If we see our lives through the truth about death, then Jesus’s promises begin to take on an entirely different tone for us.
An Open Letter to the Parent Who Has Lost a Child
Cameron Cole
As a parent whose child died four and a half years ago, I want to offer you two hopeful words about that wound in your heart that never will fully heal on this side of eternity.
34 Ethical Issues All Christians Should Know
What does the whole Bible teach us about which acts, attitudes, and personal character traits receive God’s approval, and which do not?
Luther at the Diet of Worms
Herman Selderhuis
On this day in 1521, Luther's address in Worms divided the church and made history.
Practical Tips to Prepare for the End of Life
John Dunlop, MD
As we’re coming to the end of life, it’s very important to make practical decisions about how and where we want to depart.
How to Die for the Glory of God
John Dunlop, MD
Coming to the end of life can be very self-centered and that’s antithetical to the gospel. When I die, I want my life to reflect the gospel.
This Day in History: The Death of Martin Luther
Herman Selderhuis
On this day in history, as night turned to day on February 18th, the earthly life of Martin Luther, the most famous man of the sixteenth century, came to an end.
Why You'll Never Grieve Well without Hope
Nancy Guthrie
To grieve well is to have a growing sense of confidence and rest that God's promises of resurrection, centered in the resurrected Jesus, are really true.
What to Do When People Don't Sympathize with Your Suffering
Nancy Guthrie
In the midst of your heaviest grief, those around you will likely return to life as normal long before you can. Be realistic about people and their ability to enter into your suffering, to stay, and to remember.
Face It: You're Going to Die . . . and Then Rise
Bob Cutillo, MD
The church bears witness to a watching world. What does it mean to die well, and place our hope in the resurrection?
Why You Should Stop Pretending You'll Live Forever
David Gibson
Living in light of our death reorients us to our limitations as creatures and helps us see God’s good gifts right in front of us—enabling us to live wisely, freely, and generously.
Did You Know that the Bible Commands Us to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry?
David Gibson
God made the world good. And no amount of being a Christian ever changes the fact that God put you in a physical world with hands and food and drink and culture and relationships and beauty.
What Happens after Death (and before Resurrection)
Kim Riddlebarger
The Bible assures us that we already have eternal life here on earth and that cannot be interrupted.
10 Things You Should Know about Physician-Assisted Suicide
John Dunlop, MD
Throughout a believer’s life, there may be a continuous struggle to submit to God’s control. But when my earthly life comes to an end I want to be fully surrendered to God and be able to rest in Jesus.
Identity and Imitation: Getting First Things First
Bryan Chapell
Why is grace so important to the chemistry of the heart from which godly lives emerge?
What Can I Give to a Grieving Person?
Nancy Guthrie
What can we give as a gift to someone who is going through grief—something that we can do for them that would be really helpful?
What Not to Say to a Grieving Person
Nancy Guthrie
Here are three things that grieving people wish no one would ever say to them again.
How to Respond to Hurtful Comments When You're Grieving
Nancy Guthrie
So you’re grieving and someone has said something to you that, instead of being helpful like they’d hoped it would be and like you would have wanted it to be, was actually hurtful. What are you going to do with that?
Should I "Like" a Social Media Post about Grief?
Nancy Guthrie
By liking a post about grief, you are letting the writer that they are not alone.
What to Say to a Grieving Person
Nancy Guthrie
Sometimes it can be hard to know what to say to someone who is grieving. Yet there are helpful words we can give to people who are suffering—words that will actually help and encourage in the midst of grief.
7 Practical Things You Can Do for People Who Are Grieving
Nancy Guthrie
There are simple ways that we can demonstrate a deep sensitivity to the pain of grieving people.
10 Things You Should Know about Grieving People
Nancy Guthrie
People who are grieving don’t expect that you are going to say something that will make everything okay.
Nancy Guthrie's Story of Hope in the Midst of Grief
In the midst of Nancy Guthrie's incredible pain, God was at work.
Nancy Guthrie's Story of Hope in the Midst of Grief
In the midst of Nancy Guthrie's incredible pain, God was at work.
Nancy Guthrie's Story of Hope in the Midst of Grief
In the midst of Nancy Guthrie's incredible pain, God was at work.
Nancy Guthrie's Story of Hope in the Midst of Grief
In the midst of Nancy Guthrie's incredible pain, God was at work.
What Grieving People Wish You Knew
Four things grieving people wish we knew about grief to help us confidently interact and helpfully take action.
How to Face the Death of Someone You Love
Elisabeth Elliot
We’ve all experienced the desolation of being left in one way or another.
Never Severed from God, Not Even for an Instant
Bob Bevington,
Jerry Bridges
Through Jesus, that is, by the death of Christ, a redeemed believer’s death is not a penalty but a falling asleep.
Bible Q&A - Why Read the Bible Every Day?
Dane Ortlund
Dane Ortlund explains the purpose behind reading the Bible every day.
What Did Jesus Teach about Hell?
Michael Allen Rogers
No Bible spokesman places more stress on hell as the final consequence of God’s judgment of condemnation than Jesus.
Four Ways a Person Can Die in Their Sins
John MacArthur
John MacArthur offers four elements from John 8:21–30 that show how a person can die in their sin.
Finishing Well: Leaving Behind a Strong Family
John Dunlop, MD
Building closure with loved ones is an important part of dying well.
Answering End of Life Questions
John Dunlop, MD
John Dunlop shares some strategies for a successful end of life answering questions and addressing fears that people may have along the journey.
Finding Biblical Contentment as a Widow
Carol Cornish
Is it possible for a widow find authentic contentment?
Called to Care for Widows
Crossway interviewed Carol Cornish based on her new book, The Undistracted Widow.
Death Defeated
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
In chapter 24 of Living Water: Studies in John 4, entitled "Death Defeated", Martyn Lloyd-Jones discusses the problem of death and takes us to the glorious implications of the Resurrection.