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Tag Archives: Revelation 21:1-4

Funeral Sermon

Steve Durkac Posted on June 5, 2024 by Steve DurkacJuly 6, 2024

After 35 years of serving as a church pastor, I have learned something about why people come to celebrations or ceremonies. I’ve learned that at a baptism, we come to see the candidate take a public stand for following the Lord. At a wedding, we come to see the beauty of a bride and her happily ever after. But at … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry Notes | Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Bob Dylan, death, death is not the end, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Funeral Sermon, God, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 9:27, John 11:17, John 11:21, John 11:25-26, John 11:3, John 11:3-44, John 11:32, John 11:33, John 11:35, John 11:41-44, Memorial Ceremony, Revelation 21:1-4, Revelation 22:11

Why Bad Things Happen

Steve Durkac Posted on September 28, 2023 by Steve DurkacJanuary 20, 2025

When a loved one lays unconscious and dependent on a machine to breathe or a simple drive to the grocery store is interrupted by a drunk driver or a physician informs you that the pain you thought was a pulled muscle is actually stage 4 cancer, we ask Why? Why do bad things happen? In this post I want to pull … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Faith, Hospice Notes | Tagged 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 3:8, 1 John 4:8, 1 Peter 5:8, evil, Ezekiel 28:15-16, hospital chaplain, Isaiah 14:12-14, Job 1:9-11, John 10:10, John 9:2, Lucifer, Matthew 13:24-30, origin of evil, Psalm 46:1, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 21:1-4, Satan, second coming, sorrow, tragedy, trauma, trials

Death in the Millennium?

Steve Durkac Posted on April 15, 2019 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

There is a belief that during the 1000 years people will be born and people will die. Where does this idea of death being part of the saints experience of eternal life, post-rapture, and post-tribulation come from? The answer is Isaiah 65:20 which says “No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 1000 years, bible prophecy, Dispensationalism vs Historicism, end time, Isaiah 65:20, last days, Millennium, pre-trib, rapture, Revelation 21:1-4, Thru Revelation
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