Death

“On a few occasions I’ve read interviews with centenarians—those who have lived more than 100 years…. the great trial for such people is that they don’t just live, they out-live.” - Challies

“I’ve nothing against celebrating the life of a servant of the Lord Jesus. We ought to honor faithful followers of Jesus for finishing their race. We ought to challenge those in attendance to “let [their] manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.” And yet I wonder: does this desire to celebrate life grow out of a stronger desire to avoid death?” - Jason Allen

“Things have changed over the decades and I read that more Americans are dying at home than in the hospital, according to a recent study. The figures are 30.7% at home, 29.8% at a hospital, around 20% at a nursing home or other institution.” - SBC Voices

“Scripture doesn’t prescribe whether we should call a service a funeral or a celebration of life or anything else, nor does it prescribe exactly what we should do during the service….But I believe we’ve lost something, and that we would serve ourselves and others well if we recover the time-honored practice of holding funeral services.” - Christian Leaders

“Not always, but often, very often, I will hear someone in their last moments move from talking about various loved ones to crying out for a mother. And, like this article notes, the call is usually with a name of familiarity, of ‘Mama’ or ‘Mommy.’” - Russel Moore

“Not only is my children’s need for God greater than their need for me, my need for God is greater than my need for my children.” - Ref 21

“[M]any advance directives create a presumption in favor of death and efficiency (and an all-out avoidance of suffering) over the sanctity of human life.” -CPost

“Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End is by David Gibson, minister of Trinity Church in Aberdeen, Scotland. It’s a poignant and powerful exposition of the message of Ecclesiastes.” - TGC

My friend Brad is a pastor in England. His wife, Megan, is lying in a hospital bed, unconscious, a few days or even hours from death. The story began last Friday, when she, almost nine months pregnant and healthy, got a small cut, leading to a Group A Strep infection