Where Is Calvin's Grave?

Nearing his journey's end, Calvin gave strict instructions that he be buried in the common cemetery with no tombstone. He wished to give no encouragement ...

Nothing to Fear

During the war, a chaplain asked a severely wounded youth if he was a Christian. The soldier gasped, "Yes." The chaplain said, "Then you have nothing ...

Avoiding the Truck of Death

Donald Grey Barnhouse was driving his children to the funeral of their mother. A semitractor trailer truck crossed in front of them at an intersection, ...

Being Hit by the Shadow

Donald Barnhouse was the pastor of Philadelphia's Tenth Presbyterian Church when his wife died and left him with young daughters to raise alone. He did ...

The Servetus Affair

Michael Servetus (1511-1553)

There was one tragic event during Calvin's tenure in Geneva which brought him not only heartache, but also condemnation. If ...

In Death We Are All the Same

David Seamands ends his book Healing Grace with this story: For more than six hundred years the Hapsburgs exercised political power in Europe. When Emperor ...

Don't Ignore Small Snakes

For eight years Sally had been the Romero family pet. When they got her, she was only one foot long. But Sally grew until eventually she reached eleven-and-a-half ...

The Greatest Victory

0 death, where is thy sting? 0 grave, where is thy victory? This is so true that even Satan cannot deny it. Christ's resurrection and victory over ...

Glorious Paradox

We live and die. Christ died and lived!

A Purifying Wind

Socrates mastered the art of dying; Christ overcame death as "the last enemy" (1 Corinthians 15:26). There is a real difference between the ...