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How About the Widow?
Posted on April 26, 2022 by Christian News
Originally published in CN July 17, 1989. Note the stress on the confession the funeral makes as a public statement and Christian privilege—it is not just an evangelistic tool/party favor. Too many pastors are eager to please the grieving, but not with the truth of Christ. Can not doing a funeral make a greater confession than the most beautiful sermon? Yes, if the sermon and service serves the purpose of making the unbeliever comfortable with sin and minimizes the seriousness of the punishment of death and Christ’s salvation over it. –ed.
Rev. Roger Kovaciny
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