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.
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The Voyage of Life Part 1
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?
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The 52 Greatest Stories of the Bible (Story #50): Matter
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.
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The 52 Greatest Stories of the Bible (Story #49): Love and War
What do we do when things are out of our control, when we face opposition from without or from within? We hope in Christ and rest in the promises of God.
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Biblical Hope in Times of Loss
Ken Boa discusses the firm and steady hope we have in Christ, especially in the face of the loss of loved ones.
Read MoreThe 52 Greatest Stories of the Bible (Story #3): Promise of a Nation (Genesis 12)
Ken Boa’s 52 Greatest Stories of the Bible series continues with Genesis 12, in which we learn how God did the impossible through a “random nobody who lived in the middle of nowhere.”
Read MoreDevotional Spirituality: Part 9—The Practice of Sacred Reading
Knowing God involves both the heart and the mind. The ancient practice of sacred reading involves a process of moving from the mind to the heart through reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation. This is the ninth part of Ken Boa’s “Devotional Spirituality” series.
Read MoreWarfare Spirituality: Part 19—The Role of Angels
Biblical Hope in Times of Loss
Below are some Scriptures, plus links to other resources, that provide perspective and encouragement at times of loss. These verses are good texts for reading at funerals or at other times in the face of loss of various kinds.
Watch a video of Ken teaching on the subject of hope amidst loss.
Job 14:14:
If a man dies, will he live again?
Read MorePracticing the Presence of God: Part 28
Dr. Boa discusses how the mind works, and how we can renew our minds to become the people we were created to be. We can remind ourselves all the time that we were meant for more than this world.
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