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Jan 17, 2024 · I’ve argued there’s a natural fitness between Christian beliefs about the body and the historic Christian practice of burial. My goal isn’t to condemn or shame anyone who has chosen cremation for others (much less those who’ve simply carried out their departed loved ones’ directives).
Jan 23, 2013 · Lacking explicit moral guidance from Scripture, cremation has become an increasingly popular option for contemporary believers and unbelievers alike. Yet for much of history, cremation has been avoided and discouraged by nearly everyone in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
At the resurrection it will not make any difference whether a person’s body has been buried or cremated. God knows how to raise the body, either in the resurrection of life or the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28-29).
May 25, 2024 · Believers should make informed, thoughtful decisions about cremation versus burial based on Scripture, wisdom, conscience, and family practices. The Bible does not definitively prohibit cremation, though Scripture records burial as the standard practice for God’s people.
Scripture says nothing about a required mode of burial for either believers or non-believers. However, burying the body was the standard practice among the Israelites in the Old Testament and Christians in the New.
Nov 11, 2019 · Some Christian Churches have tended to favour burial over cremation because it seems to speak more clearly of belief in resurrection – though of course in most circumstances the complete destruction of the body is still the end result.
Oct 5, 2015 · Should a Christian choose cremation as a burial plan? What does the Bible say about cremation? Planning for a Christian funeral?
