Death, the New Year and the Hope of Christ

Posted on January 3, 2017 
Filed under Theology

cemetery-5“2016 was a sobering year for our celebrity-driven culture.

A recent CNN article reminded us of the many well known individuals that we lost over the course of the last year. More names have been added just in this past week. More than usual, it seems that many of these celebrities and artists lost in 2016 were icons of culture–a part of people’s personal identities and memories.

Social media has provided an unprecedented forum for shared grief and lament. …

From a biblical perspective, these social laments don’t go far enough; and, sadly they seem to miss the point altogether.”

– At Reformation21, Matt Foreman reflects on the only hope there is.