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Angels of Death

"Can Christianity Become a Religion of Hope Once Again?" series, Part 4

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Bo McGuffee
Dec 22, 2023
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I stood at the pulpit in the small church and looked over the gathering of people. The music had stopped. The room had gone quiet. 

Wearing the black scholarly robes of a Presbyterian minister and a white stole over my neck, I said into the microphone…

“The light of Christ has come into the world and the darkness has not overcome it.”

The people rose as one, and the funeral began.

If there is any message I’ve yearned to get across at a funeral, it is this…

Where the darkness of Death looms, the light of Divine Life shines brightest and reigns supreme.

Behold, the proclamation of the Gospel for the salvation of all creation.

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