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Christians Can Grieve Death with Both Realism and Solid Hope

By Filings on Wed, 01/07/26
Christian Living
Grief
Death
Sorrow
Christian Mind

“I was struck by these lines: ‘Do not stand by my grave, and cry—I am not there, I did not die.’ But Jesus wept over death (John 11:35); so should we. While it is true that the person is not consciously there at his or her grave, it is emphatically not true that they did not die!” - Randy Alcorn

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