[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Farticles\u002Fdeath-won-t-win":3,"\u002Farticles\u002Fdeath-won-t-win-surround":75},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"bibleBooks":8,"body":14,"columnName":58,"date":59,"description":20,"extension":60,"image":61,"meta":62,"minRead":63,"navigation":64,"path":65,"postType":66,"publication":67,"publicationUrl":61,"seo":68,"stem":69,"topics":70,"__hash__":74},"blog\u002Farticles\u002Fdeath-won-t-win.md","Death Won’t Win",{"name":7},"Dave Faust",[9,10,11,12,13],"1 Corinthians","Hebrews","James","Ecclesiastes","Acts",{"type":15,"value":16,"toc":54},"minimark",[17,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51],[18,19,20],"p",{},"Sometimes it looks like death is winning.",[18,22,23],{},"Like a thick gray cloud, the specter of death hangs heavily over the daily news. Last month the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta announced the disturbing statistic that America's homicide rate among children under the age of 15 is five times higher than that of the rest of the industrialized world, and our nation's suicide rate for the same age group is double the world's average.",[18,25,26],{},"The murders of Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson have occupied our national attention for nearly three years. Then there are the shocking stories of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty pageant winner whose gruesome murder occurred on Christmas Eve, and Bill Cosby's son Ennis, who was robbed and killed while changing a tire in Los Angeles.",[18,28,29],{},"And there's more. Dr. Jack Kevorkian lobbies for physician-assisted suicide. Unborn babies continue to succumb to abortionists' merciless tools, while abortion clinics are bombed by misguided people whose violent actions shame the pro-life cause.",[18,31,32],{},"Perhaps the bigger story, though, is not the well-publicized deaths of the rich and famous, but the grim reaper's daily visits among ordinary people who grieve the death of loved ones—a parent, a spouse, a child, a friend. And all of us share the sobering realization that we ourselves will die one day.",[18,34,35],{},"It can be a good thing to ponder the fact of death. There are lessons we can learn when we face the fact that our lives are like \"a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes\" (James 4:14). And that's why Ecclesiastes 7:2 says, \"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart.\"",[18,37,38],{},"Death is big news. But resurrection is bigger.",[18,40,41],{},"There's explosive, life-changing power in a simple affirmation at the core of Christian faith: \"Jesus Christ is Lord, and God raised him from the dead.\" If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, Christians are hopeless fools who believe fantastic lies and deserve nothing but pity (1 Corinthians 15:12–19).",[18,43,44],{},"But the compelling witnesses of Scripture, history, and Christian experience confirm the convincing truth that the resurrection really happened. It's not just a religious myth or wishful thinking, but a fact well-established by \"many convincing proofs\" over \"a period of forty days\" (Acts 1:3). The hopes and fears of all the years converge near an empty tomb that reassures empty hearts: He is alive!",[18,46,47],{},"Death hasn't won. Jesus came and shared in our humanity \"so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death\" (Hebrews 2:14, 15). If death is mankind's worst problem, Jesus' resurrection is the greatest solution.",[18,49,50],{},"And so, on this day when even non-Christians in our death-dominated culture look for an escape route from despair, believers can be there to offer a different kind of news—good news. The people with the most influence in any culture are the ones who offer the most hope.",[18,52,53],{},"Jesus rose from the dead—and no other news has the same kind of power to turn our nation around.",{"title":55,"searchDepth":56,"depth":56,"links":57},"",2,[],"From the Editor's Desk","1997-03-30","md",null,{},3,true,"\u002Farticles\u002Fdeath-won-t-win","column","The Lookout",{"title":5,"description":20},"articles\u002Fdeath-won-t-win",[71,72,73],"Biblical Theology","Holy Week and Resurrection","Intergenerational Ministry","mz-XoEQkbzqByDzW9VXFuM8ydQ1hiWa5GLnGdp5Zauo",[76,81],{"title":77,"path":78,"stem":79,"description":80,"children":-1},"Cry Room","\u002Farticles\u002Fcry-room","articles\u002Fcry-room","In the past, many church buildings had “cry rooms.” Moms and dads corralled their squirming kids during church services while preachers tried to speak above the babies’ noisy cries and listeners struggled to pay attention (or secretly welcomed the distraction). Frazzled parents tried to cajole their noisy babies into silence, and when unsuccessful, removed them to the cry room for the rest of the service.",{"title":82,"path":83,"stem":84,"description":85,"children":-1},"Deep Roots","\u002Farticles\u002Fdeep-roots","articles\u002Fdeep-roots","A worldview? What's that? Why is it important? Several people who heard about this issue of *The Lookout* were curious. Maybe you are, too. Even if you haven't given it much thought, you do have a worldview; and it profoundly affects what you think and how you act."]