Psalm 49:15 Death has been described as the great leveller. It brings everyone – rich or poor, male or female, black or white – down. And it does not discriminate among them. Therefore people fear death, for they feel themselves powerless against it. The Christian also understands that death is an enemy which deprives us…
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A short reflection on dying well, by Augustine
Answering the concerns raised about why many Christians were killed in the persecutions by the Roman emperors, Augustine (354-430) points us to an essential truth about death itself. This excerpt is from his classic work The City of God. But, it is added, many Christians were slaughtered, and were put to death in a hideous…
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