Above image: Spurgeon preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. ************************ (…continued) 4) Next, let us observe the terrors which surround Death. To the wise, dying is a solemn thing. It always gives some trembling to the flesh, some quivering to the human frame, to think of breathing out my soul, and launching […]
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By Rev. Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), widely known as the “Prince of Preachers,” pastor for 38 years of the Metropolitan Tabernacle (Baptist) in London; from a sermon given March 18, 1860 (edited and paraphrased from the original). ——————————— Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end. — Deuteronomy
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Funeral for a young man killed after a driver did not stop for a red light. Just ten days ago today, Rick woke up to a normal morning on a normal day. He dressed for work, had breakfast, kissed Kathy good-bye, got in the car, and headed to the office. He had a green
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Adapted from an article by Scott Hubbard, “Do You See Your Soul?,” May 7, 2025 at: http://www.desiringgod.org ********************************* Picture yourself facing one of your typical temptations. Someone catches you in a little lie, and you are embarrassed; but another bigger lie would explain it all away and save you the embarrassment. A loved
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From a funeral sermon. As you all well know, Cheryl suffered a great deal in these past several months; all that time in the hospital, all those tests, all the reports (usually bad), all the pain and anxiety, all the uncertainty, all the surgeries, and everything else she went through. And for you,
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By Marshal Segal, March 27, 2022, at: http://www.desiringgod.org ******************************* Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! –Revelation 22:20 The last prayer in the Bible is also one of its shortest; and yet it’s layered with heartache and anticipation, with distress and hope, with agony and joy. Can you imagine the apostle John savoring those three words,
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By John Piper (1946- ), former Senior Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church (1980-2013), Minneapolis, Minnesota; (in the above photo, Piper is the one on the right) ******************************* Angola Prison in Louisiana is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States. It is home to 6,300 inmates. Those sentenced there are the worst of
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From my funeral sermon for Grandpa Harold, 1989. ******************************************* 78 years, two months, and 26 days; those are the words I just read in the obituary. A good, long and full life, we might say. I, for one, hope to get 78 years. But if I do get to be 78 years old, will
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From a sermon given on my son’s Confirmation Day, a long time ago. ********************************* John 8:31, 32 — Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free.”
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From a July 2024 sermon. This is how the Rapidan Dam area used to look (photo above)… A few weeks ago, after a six-inch rain south of Mankato, the already flooded Blue Earth River increased to 36 times its average flow. The news was that the Rapidan Dam might fail. And though the
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