Today's question is a follow-up.

It comes from a listener named Michelle in Wisconsin.

Hello, Pastor John.

Thank you for addressing a wide range of topics on this podcast, she writes.

Your recent episode's APJ 1605 was a particular interest to me.

How can I serve the dying?

Let's back on March 26th.

I am a hospital nurse and served as an oncology nurse for three years in which I care

for many people in their final days and hours.

I no longer work in oncology but do occasionally see patients who are near the end of life.

In episode 1605, you assume the dying were believers and talked about the fight of faith,

but in my experience, very few dying patients are clearly believers.

In that light, I battled intense anxiety knowing that I was likely the last Christian

they would ever come into contact with on this side of eternity.

Hours or minutes from an eternal hell.

This raised all sorts of questions for me.

Do I share the gospel even if the patient is unconscious?

Do I offend family members in their saddest moments?

How do I care for a lost person on the brink of hell, especially when their abilities to

understand the gospel and respond in faith may be limited?

And when the timing will likely feel inappropriate to the family, what would you say in this situation?

The answer to this question is going to depend in great measure on three things.

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