Why we die? – The Final Destination

One of the biggest challenges for the church to communicate the Gospel with our generation is that feelings are defining the truth, and opinions are substituting the Scriptures – The Word of God. If someone does not feel it right, it isn’t the truth; and people’s opinions and worldviews are superior to any religious book, […]

Why we die? – The initial rebellion

“What, in the world, is going on?”It seems that our world is going crazy. Wars, murders, illness, deterioration, deformity, and so many other things that make us pause and ponder: “How did we get here?”and “Why do we die?” There are many reasons and ways for why people die. The immediate causes of death are: Sickness, Deformity, […]

What happen when we die? – The Beginning of the Intermediate State

For some people the story that Jesus told in Luke 16: 19-31 is reason for concerns. Jesus could not be clearer than that about death, heaven and hell. Christianity postulates that there will be a resurrection of the body at the end of the age. The intermediate state is the state of being for those […]

What happens when we die? – The Spirit/Soul Separates from the Body

In his poem “If You Could See Me Now”, Patsy Stambaugh says this: “If you could see me now you wouldn’t shed a tear.Though you may not understand why I’m no longer there.Remember my spirit that is the real me because I’m still veryMuch alive, I’ve just been set free, Oh, if you could only […]

What happen when we die

“Flatliners 2017” is a remake of a 1990 movie. In this version we have five medical students who are obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life. In other words, they want to know what happens when someone dies. To find out they embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short […]

The first things in Heaven – 3 – Jesus’ Sacrifice

Heaven will be breathtaking! When we arrive there, we will see so many things that it will be hard to decide what to see first. We will see the Glory of God, His Throne and Justice. But John saw something else there that attracted his attention. Besides the beauty, majesty, and awesomeness he saw a “Lamb […]

The first things in Heaven – 2 – God’s Justice

October 1, 2017 will be another date that we will remember, not because something great happened, but because something awful happened. A deranged man armed to the teeth opened fire from a hotel window in Las Vegas on a peaceful and joyous crowd, whose only crime was to have fun and listen to their favorite […]

The first things in Heaven – 1 – God’s Glory

What happens to us when we die? Movies and books telling the stories of people who died and came back to tell their ordeal, are increasing on the bookshelves of every bookstore in the world. People are just too curious about what is going to happen when they die. In the Bible this experience is […]

I believe in the life everlasting – The right attitude

When you attend a memorial service, do you ponder about your own mortality? When someone shares with you about his or her illness, do you imagine how you would handle yourself in that situation? When you hear about the unexpected death of people healthier and younger than you, do you think about how we have […]

I believe in the life everlasting – The right hope

Despair – when we lose all hope; when we do not see a way out; when we feel that our options are gone. Every time that we talk about the life everlasting a few people have questions and doubts about what is coming after death. In the survey by the Barna Research Group we find […]