2008-11-20T13:02:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/death http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Hope/Believing-in-Spring 2008-11-20T13:02:25-05:00 Hope is hard to come by during the "winter" seasons of your life, like the loss of someone you love. Sometimes someone close to you dies suddenly, and the grief is almost unbearable. You are overwhelmed. ... You are able to talk about the hope factor when your life is anchored to a personal relationship with the one who created you. You can know that death cannot ultimately win. Death is reduced to being a painful interruption. It can be very painful, but only an interruption. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Fear/The-Shadow-That-Scares-Us 2008-11-20T12:19:49-05:00 There's a big shadow that has bothered all of us at one time or another. To be honest, it can be a pretty scary shadow. You see that shadow sometimes when you're in the doctor's office, when you have a close call, or when you've been to the funeral of someone you know. It is, of course, the shadow of death. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Death/The-Last-Monster-in-the-Dark 2008-11-19T15:47:33-05:00 Are you scared to die? Does thinking about your death make you nervous about eternity? You don't have to be afraid of that monster in the dark anymore. ... The Word of God in I Corinthians 15:54 says, "Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where oh death is your victory? Where Oh death is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God, He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." There's the last monster—the one that lurks in the dark no matter how old we are—death. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Death/Only-an-Interruption 2008-11-19T15:46:42-05:00 Life's partings are tough, especially when someone we love slips into eternity. Death tears us up inside, and the grief seems almost unbearable. If you and your loved one belong to Jesus, then this is not the termination of your relationship. Only because of Jesus Christ, can this interruption be bearable. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Death/The-Difference-Between-Life-and-Death 2008-11-19T15:44:17-05:00 There are eight powerful words from Zephaniah 3:17 in God's Word. It simply says, "The Lord your God...is mighty to save." He really is. He has both the love and the power to do whatever it takes to save you from the emptiness and turbulence of a life away from God and from the awful agony of an eternity without Him. God is in the saving business. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Sincerely-Wrong-5681 2008-10-24T11:14:28-05:00 the key to being rescued by the only Rescuer God sent is to grab Him like a drowning person would grab a lifeguard. You may be sincerely devoted to your church, your spirituality or your religion but sincerity in the wrong way is still fatal. The way to life is to abandon all other hopes of getting to God and putting all your trust in Jesus to forgive you and to take you to heaven. Anything else, anything less, is a road to death. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/The%20Start%20of%20Mans%20Sadness%20Hebrew.pdf 2008-09-29T11:55:07-05:00 Hebrew: Eve is tempted by Satan through the serpent. She takes fruit from the forbidden tree & gives some to Adam, who eats it. This 1st sin brings death. Adam & Eve are sent out of the Garden of Eden, & an angel with a flaming sword guards it. Their 1st son, Cain, kills their 2nd son, Able. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Best-Seats-in-the-House-4475 2008-08-29T00:51:27-05:00 Those who have suffered painfully, those who have been hurt deeply, they are the people who have - or can have - a view of the awesomeness of God that others never see. And if you are going through a long, dark valley right now, there's hope here for you in seeing beyond the hurt to what can happen if you let your big need open you up to a big God. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Sunsets-Should-Be-Beautiful-4492 2008-08-28T17:38:52-05:00 Yes, our later years can have their share of physical pain, disappointed dreams, financial strain, grievous losses, frustrating limitations, and even hurtful neglect. We can't choose our circumstances, but we can, whatever our age, choose our attitude. We can choose what kind of climate we're going to bring with us wherever we are: selfish or unselfish, gentle or harsh, praising or griping, critical or encouraging. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Beacon-from-the-Graveyard-4500 2008-08-28T17:25:24-05:00 Jesus blew the doors off His grave and walked out under His own power, leaving death - man's ultimate enemy - vanquished and powerless. And that Easter morning, the beacons were lit. From the mountaintop of that generation, the message that Jesus is alive and death has lost has ignited a fire on the mountain of the next generation. And today, twenty centuries later, we are the ones left here by Jesus to light the beacon for our generation.