Additional Resources for Death... Then What?
Use these additional resources to supplement your study on this topic. Because of the Internet's changing nature, a link may modify or get deleted. If you discover a bad link in the list below, please contact us!
SESSION ONE:
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Our Marvelous Bodies
Reed Lessing reminds us to respect our bodies because they are a marvel of God's engineering. -
Cryonics
Alcor is a cryonics company using a deep-freezing technology. This technology is applied to the bodies of people who have just died in the hope that future scientific advances can revive them. -
Dancing with Death (A Doctor Looks at Death)
A physician offers his thoughts on medicine, religion, politics, pets, and passion in life. -
The Roots of Reincarnation
A few words on reincarnation in Eastern religions, comparative religions, and modern thinking -
Thinking about Your Funeral
Jonathan Watt explains the purpose of a Christian funeral service and how you can work with your pastor to give your family and friends one final testimony of your faith in Jesus Christ.
SESSION TWO:
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The Five Stages of Grief
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler guide us through the five stages of grief. -
Here are a few Frequently Asked Questions about Heaven and Hell.
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Myths about Death: Why Easter Matters
Jared Melius discusses several common myths people hold about death. -
A Statement on Death, Resurrection, and Immortality
Here's a report from the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations discussing Christian concepts of soul, death, and life after death. To properly download the PDF to your computer, right-click on the "right-click to download" button and select "Save Target As ...*", then choose a location to save the file to your computer. -
Paul's Use of Sleep Imagery
Piotr Malysz discusses images of sleep that Paul used to refer to death and other subjects. -
A Heavenly Reunion
Can the story of 33 trapped miners in Chile remind us of life after death? -
Yes, Virginia! There Are Angels
Rose Adle offers a few words about angels.
SESSION THREE:
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Help to Those Who Grieve
Here you will find several PDFs dealing with grief that you can download and explore further. -
Christ in Death, Christ in Life
Dean Nadasdy tells of a 15-year-old girl and what she has learned from her father's death. -
Through the Shadowlands - A Christian Handbook on Death and Life
Harold Senkbeil describes how God's church comforts the dying and their loved ones before, during, and after death and burial. -
Angry with God
This article explores why we get angry at God and provides Scripture's answer to that anger.
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Reservations about the Resurrection?
Paul Maier speaks about the alleged contradictions in the resurrection accounts given in the four Gospels. -
Mysteries and Realities of Resurrection
This article considers the account in Matthew 27:52-53, concerning those people who came to life after Jesus' resurrection and what happened to them. -
Concerning the Resurrection Body
J. T. Mueller examines what God says about our resurrected body in 1 Corinthians 15:35-49. -
Seven Stanzas for Easter
John Updike wrote this poem for a contest at Clifton Lutheran Church in Marblehead, Massachusetts, where he reminds us why it's important to remember that Jesus' death and resurrection are a real, physical, historical event.