What the Living Can Learn From the Dying: Seeing Through the Eyes of a Dying Man, John Drage

Want to join our 4-week Zoom Bible Study, "Are we living in the end times?" https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/zoom-online-bible-studies (Sign-up today). We start Friday April 3 from 12:00-12:30 with a 15-minute Q&A afterward. "If God gives an answer, what I would do is argue with him. There's no answer that someone could give you, your wife, your kids, that you would say, 'Oh, okay, that makes sense.' So I think, instead of giving us an answer, God gives us something better." After years of ministry and a life dedicated to Christ, https://www.johndrage.com/ (John Drage) was diagnosed with one of the most deadly forms of cancer. It's taken a toll on his mind, body, and family. But he hasn't lost faith. Listen to his conversation with https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) to find out why and what he's learned over the years. Interested in more content like this? Scroll down to see more resources and related episodes, including an episode on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-to-deal-with-the-storms-of-life/ (How to Deal With the Storms of Life) and a daily devotional on https://info.thecrossingchurch.com/rest-and-recovery-daily-devotionals (Rest and Recovery). To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Facebook), https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO. Outline 0:00 - https://www.johndrage.com/ (John Drage) 1:00 - John's family and ministry 2:45 - https://www.columbiarock.com/ (The Rock) church 3:30 - How have college students changed and why? 6:25 - Students' attitude towards spirituality 7:15 - Belief and belonging 8:40 - John's cancer diagnosis 13:55 - John and his family's spiritual processing 15:55 - Advice to youth: Reflect more and take more risks 20:00 - Most satisfactory parts of the past 23:45 - Thoughts on Samuel Johnson's "Death has a way of focusing the mind" 26:20 - How cancer diagnosis has impacted Jo