Opening Question

What makes people so fearful of dying?

Introduction

Dying is the end of all flesh. Almost every person who has ever lived before this current generation has also died. But death is also a metaphor used for spiritual growth; that is, we must die to our own desires and our self-rule before we can truly live. There is a great paradox here, as Jesus says, the one who seeks to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will find it. So, do we seek to save our lives by dying? ...