Thomas Cole’s depiction of The Cross and the World compels us to put our hopes in the things that will last forever rather than in the brevity of human creations.
Memories bring with them a sense of grief at lost hopes and dreams. But reflecting on them can help prepare us for our eternal home, remembering that our short lives lead us to eternity.
Is life a meaningless cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death? Or is there a purpose to life? We must find our hope in Jesus Christ, the Lord over space and time.
Every one of us experiences birth, growth, decay, and death, a pattern depicted in Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life paintings. What can these paintings teach us about life right now and eternity?
It was hard enough for early Christians after most of the apostles died. Less than 40 years after Jesus' ascension, Jerusalem was leveled and the temple was destroyed. John writes to these persecuted Christians of the things to come.
You are not primarily a body. You are not primarily a soul. You are a person with both body and soul. Both are essential components of the human person.