A sermon by Rod Benson Proverbs 16:31-33 Time. Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. Time is of the essence. Time is the life of the soul. Time is the great physician. It’s high time we did something. Have you got the time? I don’t have enough time. When the trumpet of the …
A biblical view of death
A sermon by Rod Benson Writing on mortality in the journal First Things, graduate philosophy student Anna Mathie relates what she describes as “the most exquisitely sorrowful moment in a book filled with exquisitely beautiful sorrow” (the book is J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings). In the story, Aragorn is at death’s door, and …
