Tag: Ars Moriendi
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“Mors Improvisa” (sudden/unexpected/unforeseen death) was considered the worst form of death in the Middle Ages because one could not prepare for death. Contrast that with today where it is generally regarded as the ideal way to die – i.e., in one’s sleep not even knowing that they were sick, or…
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Here is a link to the audio of the summary of the “Dying Well” class that the senior pastor asked me to give to the church-at-large last summer after he heard feedback from those participating in the first trial class. I will be offering a repeat of the class with an…
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The sixth principle is to plan like you will live to a ripe old age, but live like you will die tomorrow. Be willing to die whenever Christ calls you into his presence. Jesus described this eternal mindset as daily dying for Him: “If any of you wants to be…
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The fourth principle to dying well is to partake of the Lord’s Supper. The fifth principle is to relieve your loved ones of difficult decisions. If Christ’s death is so central to Christianity, then the thankful celebration of that death, as instituted by Christ Himself, is profoundly important. “Since the…
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Here is the third principle for Christians to die well – Die to the World. At the moment that we exercise repentant faith, we positionally die with Christ and become a new creation – we experience justification For we died and were buried with Christ (symbolized by baptism). And just…
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“I have taken care of so many patients who arrived at their life’s end completely unprepared. They haven’t considered the many decisions they might be asked to make about end-of-life medical interventions. They aren’t familiar with the benefits and harms of things like CPR or mechanical ventilation ……. They haven’t…
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I’m going to quote a number of medical professionals in this post. Our determination to live longer and healthier has meant that we have also forgotten how to die well. “There seems to be an epidemic of medical overtreatment spreading across the world. Sometimes it seems to be driven by…
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Why do Christians die if death is the consequence of sin but our sin is forgiven? Death is the consequence of sin: But in Christ, Christians are forgiven their sin: Why then do Christians die if death is the result of sin but their sin is forgiven? Answer: Christians die…
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Ars Moriendi – Historians estimate that up to two-thirds of Europe’s population died during the Bubonic plague that decimated Europe in the Middle Ages. Deaths included clergy and other spiritual authorities. With so much death, there weren’t enough clergy to attend to the dying and bury the dead. Thus, the…
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Christian Apologetics 