End of the World Predictions

Watching someone die is a very sobering experience.  I recall two occasions where I watched someone die.  One of the people who died was a Christian, one was not.  One died with hope after death, one did not.  However, when each of these two people died, both sets of grieving relatives spoke of how they believed their loved one's suffering would then be over.

You've most likely heard the phrase, "He's at peace now."  or, "His suffering ...

There is a verse in the Bible that says, "The heart is deceiptful above allthings and desparetly corrupt, who can understand it" (Jeremiah 17:9).  The implied but unspoken answer is, "No one".  You could add, "Not even myself".

Can you understand the reasons for everything you do and say and think?  I know I can't.  But I do know that I sometimes consciously make excuses for the things I do, say and even think.  I have this conflict: on...