The Certainty of Death
There are times that I wonder why over the years that I have felt such clarity about the matter of life and death. The theme of the brevity of life and the length of eternity has worked its way into much of my preaching for more than 30 years. Sometimes the weighty subject of death has caused more than a few to wonder why I get so intense about it. I am now at the age where I know that my life is more than half over. That is not necessarily a morbid thought—at least it shouldn’t be—but it is one that needs to press to the forefront of my mind so that there is little wasted time with what I have left. I am also at the age where I am looking back in a contemplative manner at some of the roads that I have traveled and some of the choices that I have made. There are some regrets I have gathered and there are some victories that are along the way. Maybe this is the pattern with most people who are at mid-life and beyond. Having read a lot of the works of the Puritans over the years I am re