death

EASTER— NO UNFINISHED WORK BY JESUS!

(March 04, 2025) Dr Richard Winter shares some great Easter points…

Alexander the Great once found his philosopher friend Diogenes standing in a field, looking intently at a large pile of bones.

Asked what he was doing, the old man turned to Alexander and replied, ‘I am searching for the bones of your father Philip, but I cannot seem to distinguish them from the bones of the slaves.’ 

Alexander got the point! Everyone is equal in death. From the greatest to the least, from the most beautiful to the most ordinary, death is the universal equaliser. And it can happen unexpectedly— indeed at any time!

Jesus’ death, reverenced again this April 2025 Easter, was—

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BURIAL OR CREMATION – WHICH IS RIGHT? (May 20, 2016)

Jim McClureDr Jim McClure, noted theologian, considers a touchy (to some) choice…

What a sombre topic!

I have just returned from a funeral and listened again to the familiar scriptural words that are frequently quoted at a Christian funeral.

During the service I thought of a question I was asked a few weeks ago about the rightness of burial over cremation. Eventually we will all be confronted by this choice concerning loved ones.

Arguments in favour of burial
There are many Christians who would adamantly assert that burial is unquestionably the correct way to dispose of a body. (more…)