Facing Mortality: Embracing Eternity (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Former Senator Ben Sasse shares about his recent cancer diagnosis, addressing human frailty and the reality of death, while accepting that God allows suffering. He also shares about redeeming the time by worshipping Jesus and loving your family in the time God has given you.
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| 0:31.6 | I am finite, and that is good. |
| 0:34.4 | That is how it should be. God is omniscient, omnipotent, and infinite. And he creates us |
| 0:39.0 | to be his children. And we need to understand our place. And it is a glorious place to be a Mago Day, |
| 0:44.3 | but we're not God. That's former Senator Ben Sasse talking about how we can keep our lives in |
| 0:50.2 | perspective as we consider Almighty God. Well, we have a powerful conversation about the brevity of life and about eternity in front |
| 0:58.4 | of us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
| 1:01.4 | John, I met a few days ago with Ben Sass in Austin, Texas to hear his poignant thoughts about |
| 1:07.8 | life and death as he courageously deals with the recent diagnosis of stage |
| 1:13.5 | four pancreatic cancer. It was very gracious of him to take some time to meet with me and share |
| 1:21.3 | about how he's processing things and what God has been speaking to him in these real difficult times. When you get that |
| 1:29.2 | kind of diagnosis, things become crystal clear. What's important to you? And I think anyone |
| 1:35.1 | listening or viewing will want to pay attention to what he has to say in this important conversation. |
| 1:41.1 | I found it very inspirational. And Ben Sasse represented the state of Nebraska |
| 1:46.8 | for nine years as a former U.S. Senator from 2015 to 2023. He served as the president of the |
| 1:53.9 | University of Florida. He was a professor as well. Most importantly, however, he's a husband and |
| 1:58.8 | father. And let's go ahead and hear the conversation now |
| 2:02.0 | with former Senator Ben Sass on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
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