Resurrection
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February 15, 2008
Blandon Churchyard, where Winston Churchill is buried, is like many similar
village churchyards. There is a lich-gate at the entrance. Here the bearers
could wait with the casket until the minister came out to escort them into the
church. If the weather was inclement, they had some shelter beneath the roof of
the lich-gate.
Over the lich-gate at Blandon are these words, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." One sees them, not upon entering, but upon leaving! How comforting to a family who has just left the body of a loved one in the churchyard! How comforting it is to us all to remember we have a deathless Redeemer!
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Illustration by J. Michael Shannon, Professor of Preaching, Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary, Cincinnati, OH.
Over the lich-gate at Blandon are these words, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." One sees them, not upon entering, but upon leaving! How comforting to a family who has just left the body of a loved one in the churchyard! How comforting it is to us all to remember we have a deathless Redeemer!
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Illustration by J. Michael Shannon, Professor of Preaching, Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary, Cincinnati, OH.