There was a little girl whose home was near a cemetery. She had to follow a path through the cemetery to get to the store. She never seemed afraid even when she returned home after dark. When asked, "Are you afraid?" she replied, "Oh, no, I'm not afraid because my home is on the other side." Jesus Christ has risen from the dead and is proclaiming that our Home is on the other side.

When Dr. W. E. Sangster, England's great Methodist preacher lay dying, he wrote a letter to a friend. He said, "All my life I have preached that Jesus Christ is adequate for every crises. I have but a few days to live and, oh, Christ is indeed adequate in the hour of death. Tell everyone that it is true. Tell them for me that God is wonderfully near His children when they come to the end of life's road."

Mrs. Thomas Edison told of the night when Thomas Edison, that scientific genius, was at death's door and suddenly it was evident that he wanted to say something. She and the doctor bent closely over him and the great scientist, with a smile on his face, said quietly, "It's very beautiful over there."

Finally, Jesus, our dear Savior, says, "My Father's House has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you (John 14:2)? And it is so. Our Father's House is just on the other side. No need to fear. We join Isaac Watts -

   Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known;

   Join in a song with sweet accord. Join in a song with sweet accord

   And thus surround the throne, And thus surround the throne.

   We're marching to Zion, Beautiful, beautiful Zion;

   We're marching upward to Zion, The beautiful city of God.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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1. "You need to change your voice." (Yes ma'am. I'll try to have that done by next week.)
2. "We need to start attracting more normal people at church." (So, you will be leaving the church, I presume?)
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1. Early Beginnings of Christianity
2. The Church Grows
3. The Power of the Pope
4. Monasticism
5. Forerunners of the Reformation
6. Luther Discovers the Truth