Larry King's Fear of Death

In 2015 The New York Timesreported that television commentator Larry King "is obsessed with death." His day begins with reading obituaries, ...

Life List or Bucket List—Do We Need One?

A life list or a bucket list—the basic idea has been around ever since the fifth century B.C., when Herodotus' History sent Greeks eagerly across ...

World Death Rate Holds Steady At 100 Percent

The satirical site The Onion ran a humorous (note: fictional) article with a biting truth. The article was titled "World Death Rate Holding Steady ...

B.B. King on Heaven and Hell

"I don't know what happens after this life. I haven't had my mother or anybody else come back and tell me. I think hell is hell on earth. ...

Billionaires Vow to Fight Death

We still can't stop the brute fact of death, but that isn't stopping five billionaires who are trying to lead the human race out of mortality. ...

Easter Means the Redemption of Our Nightmares'

In a sermon titled “Suffering, Tim Keller said:

What does Paul mean when he says, "The Resurrection is going to swallow up the suffering and ...

'Dead' Guy Wakes Up in Hearse

John Ortberg writes:

A friend of mine used to work as a denominational official in Minnesota. One of his jobs was to travel to little rural communities ...

Nick Nolte Reflects on His Own Funeral

In a 2015 interview in GQ magazine, actor Nick Nolte shares that growing older has been a painful experience. When asked "When was the last time ...

The Resurrection Is Like Crossing a River

In the book, Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the Resurrection, author Jonathan Dodson writes, "The resurrection is a dividing line—a parting ...

Unscripted Scene in Tom Hanks Film

Six-time Oscar nominated film Captain Phillips received widespread acclaim, but surprisingly the film's powerful final scene was improvised on set ...