Each one of us has a telos, a goal. We carry dreams with us throughout life’s journey, and those dreams reveal our ultimate end. When we listen to the wooing of the world, our dreams focus on earthly gain. These dreams will ultimately perish. After all, there will never be enough time to achieve these dreams. Life is brief.
On the other hand, focusing on God gives us a different narrative. With His eternal perspective, we see a different end to our lives. Everything we encounter will have been pushing us to Christ. Our dreams are secure in Him when He is what we most desire. This temporal arena will end, but our hope is found in what is eternal.
These two perspectives, that of earthly gain versus hope in Christ, show how we will respond to death.
[divider style=”solid” color=”#cccccc” opacity=”1″ placement=”equal”]
Watch part 8 in a teaching series based on the themes of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life. These four paintings depict the cyclical dynamics of human life, as signified by the artwork’s titles: Childhood, Youth, Manhood, and Old Age. You can view these paintings in person at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
These are the last recorded statements of Jesus Christ before His death on the cross. Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. (Luke 23:34) When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and
Mortality and the purpose of life are prominent themes in Thomas Cole’s paintings. Through his paintings, he vividly brings out the human dilemma of mortality, a dilemma we ourselves must wrestle with. Given the inevitability of death, what are we to do with our days? We can try to stave
In the article below, Dr. Boa synthesizes material from several teaching sessions from his series Biblical Principles for Marriage and from portions of his spiritual formation text Conformed to His Image (primarily from chapter 18, “Holistic Spirituality”). Dr. Boa focuses on agape love as one of the five forms of loves (based on the different Greek words). After reviewing all forms, he gives reasons for why agape is the greatest.
Receive the Latest from Reflections & Ken Boa
Site by MacMillan Design