Gaining Mileage From Popular Questions

Some questions never go away. They hold a perennial interest with people. One of them is “What happens after death?” Typically, you won’t find anyone asking this except small children. They, understandably, often have a morbid sense of curiosity. But this seems to go away as they grow older, and as adults, the need to know doesn’t seem to reemerge until they become critically ill or they lose a loved one. Nothing gets people thinking about the frailty of the human condition like having death at the doorstep. Even if it came calling for someone else, the inescapable fact is that one day it will come for each of us. Death, in all its forms and threats, gives people pause. It reminds them that the things of this world will not always continue on for them, unabated. And most importantly, it forces the question of what things really are important.

Now, the Christian faith addresses to a very large extent, post death realities. It speaks with authority concerning things past the funeral parlor. As believers, therefore, we can be an important source of information to others.

Cheesy, trite religious sayings simply don’t satisfy people. In fact, I’m not sure why we take turns annoying one another with them. Maybe it’s because we haven’t taken the time to absorb what the Bible really says about those moments after death.

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