by Ron Ethridge | Current Issues, Death And Dying
Some people know when they will die… down to the minute. Such is the case of those on death row. With them what is important is different from those of us who live as if we are immortal. Recently I found a blog where the sister of a death row inmate posted...
by Ron Ethridge | Christian Living, Current Issues, Death And Dying
By now many know Rick Warren’s son committed suicide after years of battling depression. Our prayers are with the Warren family during their time of grief. May our God who comforts the hurting envelop them with His Spirit of comfort. What angers many right now...
by Ron Ethridge | Death And Dying, Reflections
From Ray Pritchard… “I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men: God gives a man wealth, possessions and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires, but God does not enable him to enjoy them, and a stranger enjoys them instead....
by Ron Ethridge | Death And Dying, Suffering
Sir Thomas Moore, Lord Chancellor of England, was put on trial for high treason by denying the supremacy of King Henry VIII (May 7, 1535). His sentence was to be drawn and quartered, but was changed to beheading. This is what he said to his executors before the...
by Ron Ethridge | Death And Dying, Suffering
We’ve all said things like… “That was an untimely death,” or “This was so unexpected!” or “They were so full of life… why would such a thing happen?” BUT… is there really such a thing as an untimely...
by Ron Ethridge | Death And Dying, Discipleship
On the DRUDGE website Sunday the link to Whitney Houston’s funeral was, “NATION GOES TO CHURCH.” Funerals are interesting things. They are more for the living than the deceased. Such is the case for Leon Perry, us, and Whitney Houston. The way a...