Taking on the cremation vs. burial debate happening in some Christian circles, Steve Kneale shares his view in “Cremation or burial: why I’m not convinced it matters nearly as much as some think.” Delving into what the Bible itself—not tradition or culture—says on the subject, Kneale concludes it is ambivalent …
I wrote this essay, “Raising Our Conception of the Resurrection,” for CGG Weekly on April 29, 2011. “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him . . .” —Romans 6:8 The day after the Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:10-11) is the …
This essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Seven),” appeared in the April 30, 2010, issue of CGG Weekly. “. . . [God] who alone has immortality . . .” —I Timothy 6:16 It is wonderful to know that human life is not without purpose or an end in itself. …
This essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Five),” was published in CGG Weekly on April 9, 2010. “And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened.” —Revelation 20:12 Two of history’s wisest men, Job and Solomon, contemplated the possibilities of an afterlife for …
This essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Four),” appeared in the April 2, 2010, edition of CGG Weekly. “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.” —Ecclesiastes 12:7 This world views death as more than just an …
I wrote this essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Three),” for CGG Weekly on March 26, 2010. “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” —Philippians 1:21 In Part Two, we considered how Jesus Christ viewed death, both His own and that of His close friend, …
This CGG Weekly essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part Two),” was published on March 19, 2010. “From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third …
This essay, “Death Is Not the End (Part One),” appeared in the CGG Weekly on March 12, 2010. “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” —Hebrews 9:27 Looking at life from God’s point of view, He stacks the deck in man’s favor. …
