
Lord of the Dead: Unexpected Comfort for the Dying
“For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.” (Romans 14:7-9) Recently while I was re-memorizing and meditating upon these words, a phrase jumped out at me. Surely you have had this experience when reading the Bible. S