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Why I'm making this page: "Faith For Dying"
I'm making this page about faith for dying because a recent death in my own family has driven home the reality of the subject and caused me to be even more concerned than I was before that many people don't have faith for dying.
I know that death is an unpleasent subject for many and one which many people like to try and avoid. Yet, death is the one part of life (along with taxes, as they say) which cannot be avoided. But death need not be an unpleasant subject, and it need not be feared.
I'll explain the why and how in the next text module below, but first you may want to check out a few of the books available on the subject in general.
I sincerely hope this lense will be of help to someone.
A few books on the subject of death in general
Is there life after death?
What "Faith For Dying" means to me
Yes, death is the door to life
Faith for dying means to me that trust I have in my Lord Jesus to take me safely accross and into His waiting arms.For my religiouus background see my other faith lenses. I realize that there are many different religous beliefs out there and it would be easy just to shrug and take the position that all roads lead to heaven, but that is no more true in the area of faith than it is in the area of cross country travel. Jesus plainly said, in John 14, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." I'm not saying that you have to be religous and go through a lot of ceremonies. What I'm talking about is a simple act of fatih. Paul said in Romans 6:23, the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ, His Son. You have only to open your heart to Him and receive His gift by faith. He died on the cross for you. He suffered an agonizing physical death in payment for our sins so that we would not have to suffer an eternal spiritual death, but rather could spend all eternity with Him. ("For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have everlasting life [John 3:16]
I offer the following brief qote from the article: "Free From The Fear of Death" By Neil Anderson: "The ultimate value is not physical life but spiritual life. If our life is hidden in Christ, then we won't suffer loss when we physically die. We can only gain.
We can say confidently with Paul, 'O death where is your
sting?' The person who is free from the fear of death is free to live today."
I also offer the following anticdote:
A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said "Doctor, I'm afraid to die--tell me what lies on
the other side? The doctor very quietly said--"I don't know".
"You don't know? You, a Christain man, do not know what is on the other side?
The doctor was holding the handle of the door. On the other side of the door was a dog who sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient the doctor said "Did you notice my dog?" "He's never been in the room before". "He did not know what was inside. He knew nothing except his master was here and when the door opened he sprang in without fear".
I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing I know--my master is there and that is enough.
Books on Faith For Dying
How will it be -- life after death?
Death and the Life After
Our culture trains us to prepare for almost everything but death. How can we know what awaits us beyond this life? In this provocative book, Billy Graham answers many questions about the process of dying and about life after death. Practical and poignant, Graham offers peace and assurance for facing our final days on earth.
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PASSPORT TO A HAPPY DEATH: A CHRISTIAN HANDBOOK ON LIVING AND DYING
a much needed and uncommonly positive book to help us deal with death, both our own and those closest to us. Her work as a grief counselor and hospice volunteer has given Ingram aunique view of our last journey, all of which, along with extensive research, she has brought to this guide. Covering all aspects of death from the practical to the personal, Passport includes information on legal preparations, funeral services, Hospice care and religion. Ingram has even included a workbook to help you through what can be a daunting process.Passport to a Happy Death makes you think, prepare, and even laugh. Moreover it will help give peace of mind to both you and your loved ones. This is an altogether unique and useful read.
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What's Next After Death: A Christian Prospective
Prepare to be challenged by this thought-provoking new work by Dale Watson as he tackles one of the most controversial topics in Christianity today. As he explores the murky waters of triune dimensions and the triune person, Watson develops ideas as engrossing as they are original.
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Through Gates of Splendor
By the wife of martered missionary, Jim Eliot, about the murder of her husband and the other missionaries, how they faced death and the victorious results.
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Dying, Grieving, Faith, and Family: A Pastoral Care Approach
enables grief counselors, pastors, hospice specialists, hospital chaplains, mental health practitioners, educators, seminary students or others to bring an understanding of faith development, family systems, and gender & ethnic differences into their professional practice as they work with dying and grieving persons. No other book covers all these themes. Not only a great resource for practical guidance, this book is also meant to be provocative, suggestive, and stimulating to professionals and educators charged with working with and teaching about dying and grieving persons
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Some Related Links
- 90 Minutes In Heaven
- Books by and about a man who actually went to heaven and came back
- Salvation (How to be sure you are a Christian)
- More from the Bible on how to be sure you are saved and GOING TO HEAVEN when you die.
- DIE SMART
- HOW TO KEEP YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU DIE
- AMAZING BIBLE
- Find more on death or any other subject related to the Bible at this amazing site.
"Faith For Dying" Reader Feedback
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- OhMe OhMe Aug 28, 2009 @ 7:20 pm
- Well done. Lensrolling to my 90 Minutes In Heaven lens.
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- Askyourquestion Askyourquestion Aug 18, 2009 @ 10:27 pm
- Nice lens! You've got some really helpful information here. It'd be great if you'd stop by my lens and say hi when you get the chance.
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- lwsantoyo lwsantoyo May 30, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
- Wonderful information. I'm a counselor intern and I always need help for others as well as myself. Most of us grew up with an almost unhealthy fear of dying. Reading Kubler-Ross in school helped me a lot too. So thank you for taking the time to create the lens and for giving a wealth of inspiring encouragment about the reality of death.
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- jipock jipock Apr 13, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
- Great Lens!! 5*****
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- Phyl Phyl Mar 22, 2009 @ 5:09 am
- Hi, many thanks for your information.I have a sister in-law dying of cancer & she is not a Christian ,so I'm looking for books etc to help me share my faith with her & to be able to talk to her about the dying process .Thumbs up t o you for your helpful information
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