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you choose Q: “will a believer in Jesus enter heaven if he commits suicide?”

Posted by an odj community member on January 12th, 2012 | 8 responses
Q: What does the Bible say about suicide? Will that person enter heaven if he/she was a believer but took their own life?  —Denise A: While some churches have taught that those who take their own lives do not go to... read more »

escape

Posted by K. T. Sim on June 13th, 2011 | 2 responses
The bold print in a local news story caught my eye: “Increase in suicide rates in Singapore, male suicides double that of female.” The report goes on to say, “According to some psychiatrists, the higher number of... read more »

depression and healing

Posted by an odj community member on January 17th, 2011 | 3 responses
The first time I laid my eyes on my daughter Sophie, I was stunned. So sublime was her beauty that I couldn’t believe that she was mine. Also stunned, but for a completely different reason, was my wife Jane. We had... read more »

a different Christmas

Posted by regina franklin on December 25th, 2010 | 6 responses
With gifts wrapped and under the tree, Christmas Eve came to a close. God’s goodness had been evident, but this year was different. Unfolding blankets and sheets, my husband and I created beds of the two couches in our... read more »

power-trippers

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on August 21st, 2010 | no responses
Josh Evans never existed. Still, he befriended 13-year-old Megan Meier through an online network. Eventually, he sent this message, “I don’t know if I want to be friends with you. . . . I hear you’re not... read more »

does anyone care?

Posted by mike wittmer on May 3rd, 2010 | 29 responses
Those who have suffered severe loss often lament that their day of tragedy seemed like a normal day for everyone else. On the day they were fired, learned of their cancer, discovered their spouse was unfaithful, or held a... read more »

dying for life

Posted by tom felten on June 23rd, 2009 | 4 responses
“Some men can’t be bullied or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”  —Alfred the Butler Those words, from last summer’s mega-blockbuster movie The Dark Knight speak... read more »

crossing the lake

Posted by tim gustafson on April 4th, 2009 | 4 responses
Cyndi likes to be alone. It’s not that she wouldn’t enjoy the company of others—she craves it, actually. It’s just that life is somehow less painful when she’s by herself. Cyndi comes from that... read more »