Does The Manner Of Our Burial Matter?

2026-02-05

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss how Christians should think about burial, aging, and death.Questions Covered in This Episode:How does our culture view death?Where is death in the Bible?When you think of burial in the Bible, what comes to mind?What is the norm in Jewish society and culture?How should this influence how Christians think about burial?Does the mode of burial matter?What method of burial do we want for ourselves?For fun: If we were pagans, what funeral would...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss how Christians should think about burial, aging, and death.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

How does our culture view death?
Where is death in the Bible?
When you think of burial in the Bible, what comes to mind?
What is the norm in Jewish society and culture?
How should this influence how Christians think about burial?
Does the mode of burial matter?
What method of burial do we want for ourselves?
For fun: If we were pagans, what funeral would we have?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Genesis 50:25, Genesis 35:19-20, John 11
“Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” by Atul Gawande

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