SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN: IS THERE LIFE AFTER LIFE?

THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN DEVOTIONAL PONDERS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IN OUR LIFE: IS THERE LIFE AFTER LIFE? WHILE IT HAS BEEN A QUESTION FOR THE AGES, IT TOOK ON SIGNIFICANT PROMINENCE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH IN THE 20TH CENTURY THANKS TO THE WORK OF DR. ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS, A SWISS-AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST WHO STUDIED DEATH EXPERIENCES IN GREAT DEPTH AND FOUND SOME FASCINATING INFORMATION.  AND LOOKING AT SOME OF HER EXAMPLES WHICH HAVE BEEN VALIDATED WITH EYEWITNESS EXPERIENCE AND TESTING THROUGH COMPARISON IN NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND THOSE WITNESSING EVENTS, IT STILL REQUIRES AN OPEN MIND AND FAITH TO AGREE ON THE FINDINGS.  BUT THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTED, FOR WITHOUT FAITH THERE REALLY CAN'T BE BELIEF IN THE LOVE AND POWER OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS GRACE.  FURTHERMORE, SINCE WE HAVE FREE WILL TO CHOOSE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG, OUR OWN INNER SELF, OUR HEART AND SOUL, IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN OUR FUTURE. 

WE'LL TALK ABOUT DR. KUBLER-ROSS AND HER WORK AND HOW FAITH BOTH LED HER IN HER WORK AND LEADS US TO THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.  AND WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS ANOTHER QUESTION WHICH LEADS MANY OF US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT LIFE AFTER LIFE MUST BE REAL. DO WE REALLY THINK THAT THE LIFE WE KNOW ON THIS EARTH IS ALL THERE IS AND WHY WOULD IT END WITHOUT SOMETHING BETTER?  SURELY THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER AWAITING THAN A SINFUL, MORTAL WORLD WHERE MANKIND DOES SO MUCH HARM TO OTHERS AND THE PLACE WE CALL HOME. 

MY ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THERE LIFE AFTER LIFE IS A RESOUNDING "YOU BETCHA' ", BUT EACH OF US IS FREE TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISION AND ACCORDINGLY FACE OUR OWN FATE.  JOIN US FOR DISCUSSION, A FEW SHORT SCRIPTURE READINGS, PRAYER AND GOOD CHRISTIAN MUSIC.  THE SHOW WILL BE AVAILABLE ON DEMAND LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.