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Will Your Loved Ones Have Hope?
One of the most-used passages at funerals and memorial services is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. The end of that chapter tells Christians to “comfort [or encourage] one another with these words.” In these verses, Paul shares some facts about the return of Christ, and he wrote to encourage the Christians at that time that their loved ones who had already died would not “miss” the Second Coming. At the end of verse 13, Paul wrote that these Christians “may not grieve as others do who have no hope.” But, why would they have “no hope?” As we’ve already mentioned, some were holding a belief that those who died before Christ returned…
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"Why?"
Children sometimes ask questions that are far deeper than what they think. We listen to a lot of Bible-based music in our, especially when the children are with us. We listen to Hannah’s Hundred CDs so they can learn Bible verses (there’s nothing like hearing a tw0-year-old singing, “Thou shalt not commit adultery!”) and we listen to a lot of groups like Hallal, One Voice, and ZoeGroup. Recently, I was in the car with the kids while Leah was running into a store and we were listening to a CD. A song came on about Jesus dying on the cross. Mary Carol asked a very basic question at first: “Why…
