Well, we have addressed the topic of cremation on the podcast back in episode 874.

We have addressed the topic of giving the body to science back in episode 406.

But what if you give your body to science and that program cremates the remains they don't

need or are used by a way of a standard policy?

Here's the exact question, Pastor John Hello, I'm a nurse at the local university medical

center and I'm considering donating my body to them when I die.

Whether they harvest organs and tissues, the rest of the body is cremated.

In the APJ episode on cremation, you said that this was not an edifying option for Christians.

I'm seeking your wisdom on this situation.

Number one, is it virtuous for Christians to donate their organs and tissues for medical

use?

And number two is cremation less of a concern in such a situation.

To set the stage for my answer, let me review my reasons for encouraging Christians not

to cremate but to bury their loved ones.

And if people want the whole argument, they should see Desiring God, the articles entitled

should Christians cremate their loved ones.

I argued that two focuses of Scripture lead away from burning to burying for Christians,

namely one, the preciousness of the human body as God's creation and purchased by the

blood of His Son and His possession.

We're not our own, we're bought with a price now and forever.

That's the first emphasis.

The second is the dreadfulness of fire as it relates to the human body, especially after

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