Memento Mori: A Biblical Theology of Death

White Horse Inn

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Christianity, History, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Was there death before the fall? How does the Bible talk about death? From Eden's garden to the empty tomb, life and death are constant themes through the pages of Scripture. Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller discuss biblical theological themes around death and how they ultimately provide Christians with comfort and assurance through life.

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Featuring: Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter R. Strickland II, Bob Hiller

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0:00.0	You can't watch an animal sacrifice and think, yep, it's not a big deal what I did.
0:07.0	Like, my sin's not a big deal.
0:08.8	The nature of sacrifice lends itself to open your eyes to the gravity of what it is you've done.
0:14.5	Yeah, it's kind of natural for cats to die.
0:17.3	It's not natural for sheep to be sacrificed, right?
0:21.0	There's something unique about that.
0:23.9	Right.
0:24.2	That this is now the animal.
0:26.2	So in Romans 8, all of creation is groaning, waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
0:31.0	Because the animals themselves are having to suffer on account of the curse.
0:35.6	There's a sense in which all of creation hurts.
0:38.3	And when you see it taking place, even with the animals, you recognize, like, man, this is, things really did get out of hand here.
0:44.3	Applying the riches of the Reformation to the modern church.
1:00.0	This is Whitehorse Inn, a weekly roundtable discussion about theology and culture. Welcome to our new series exploring one of life's most profound and often unsettling topics, death.
1:22.8	Over the next episodes, we'll take a deep dive into a biblical, theological, cultural, and pastoral
1:28.7	understanding of death. Each discussion will build on scripture, examining doctrines
1:34.0	related to death, and how these biblical teachings contrast with popular modern views.
1:39.8	We'll then address the pastoral realities of supporting those walking through the valley of death guided by hope in Christ.
1:48.1	In this first episode, we begin with a biblical theology of death. And we'll journey through the Bible,
1:53.9	exploring what scripture reveals about the nature of death, its connection to sin, and its ultimate defeat.
2:00.1	We'll discuss themes from Genesis to
2:02.0	revelation, uncovering how God's word offers both a sobering understanding of death and a unique
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