Life is short, time is fleeting... What happens after this life?

Paul and Timothy wrote a very important letter to the followers of Christ at Philippi. The message of Jesus is summed up in the following words, for those who have ears to hear.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.
To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you [...]

Pain is an interesting phenomenon.
What we can learn from pain will depend on the type of pain we are experiencing.
God made our bodies to experience pain in order to let us know that something is wrong. Something needs repair, or attention.
Touch a hot stove and immediately you feel pain. The object is to get you [...]

A good friend of mine, Jim, had a post not long ago that was of interest to me. I made a long reply there, but thought I would bring the topic to my blog for further discussion and development.
Here is part of Jim’s post:

“‘Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of [...]