Category Archives: Death & Resurrection

Touch Me Not

Posted on April 5, 2024 by The Editor

Mark 16:9; John 20:11-17 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as … Continue reading →

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Providential Departures

Posted on July 28, 2023 by The Editor

Isaiah 57:1,2 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ’s Answer to the Sadducees

Posted on April 15, 2022 by The Editor

Acts 23:8; Matthew 22:23-32 The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, saying, Master, Moses said, If a … Continue reading →

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An Easter Springtime

Posted on April 2, 2021 by The Editor

John 11:25,26; Colossians 3:4; Romans 13:11,12 I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? When … Continue reading →

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A Memoir of Edward Payson (1783-1827)

Posted on November 6, 2020 by The Editor

Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 37:37 The memory of the just is blessed. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): None of the saints ever affirmed that they had arrived … Continue reading →

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Resurrection First Fruits

Posted on April 10, 2020 by The Editor

1 Corinthians 15:20,23; Matthew 27:50-53 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept…But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Jesus, when … Continue reading →

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Do Christians have a “Right” To Die? Or An Obligation to the Lord?

Posted on July 12, 2019 by The Editor

1 Corinthians 6:19,20; Romans 14:7,8 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a … Continue reading →

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The Relentless Inevitable Progression of Old Age

Posted on November 20, 2015 by The Editor

Genesis 24:1; Genesis 25:7 Abraham was old and well stricken in age. Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): The thing that ultimately is … Continue reading →

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Examining Official Policy on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Posted on April 19, 2014 by The Editor

Matthew 27:62-66; Matthew 28:2-7 & 11-15        The chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the … Continue reading →

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Death, the Great “Last Enemy” & the “King of Terrors”

Posted on March 17, 2014 by The Editor

I Corinthians 15:26; Psalm 55:4,5        The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.        My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror … Continue reading →

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