Who Has Authority Over Life and Death?

Who gets to decide when suffering ends? The assumption in Western culture is the individual who is suffering, but for most Christians, it's more complex than that.

In our final week of Questions & Answers, we're stepping into one of the hardest conversations facing Canadians today: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).

We'll learn where real comfort comes from, and what it costs to become that comfort for someone else. Then we'll close with communion, remembering the One who suffered first so His comfort could reach us.

Series: Questions & Answers
Speaker: Jeremy Norton
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Timestamps
00:00 - February 2015
04:35 - Two caveats
06:28 - MAiD wouldn’t be such a conflict for Christians if Scripture clearly permitted it or laid out accepted circumstances
08:09 - ABIMELECH
09:08 - SAUL
11:44 - SAMSON
13:45 - NT and Centuries of Church History
15:25 - Fast-forward to our modern era
17:21 - The Apostle Paul’s letters contain the instruction
20:44 - How do we live this out today?
22:27 - Why? Research shows that suicidal desire is rarely permanent
25:14 - Time and resource component
29:41 - Christian worldview
32:10 - Before we take communion…
33:52 - Prayer
34:33 - Communion
37:52 - Updates
40:40 - Discussion and Prayer
41:23 - Come back next week

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