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A Beautiful Death: Dead to one thing, alive to another

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances In his best-selling book Radical, David Platt shares the account of a particular Christian in India who, as men skinned him alive… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/beautiful-death-dead-one-thing-alive-another/

A Beautiful Death: Take up the cross, follow Jesus to work

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances During my first year after high school, I worked at a popular restaurant in Austin. I hated it. I had to deal with people all day,… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/take-cross-follow-jesus-work/

A Beautiful Death: How to die to self at home

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances As an occupational hazard of pastoral ministry, I have had the opportunity to observe private family life in a way most people don’t… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/how-die-self-home/

A Beautiful Death: Dead people don't care about being wrong

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances “I’m wrong” has to be the most unpleasant phrase in the English language to utter. I was reading Richard Swenson’s book, Margin:… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/dead-people-dont-care-about-being-wrong/

A Beautiful Death: Dead people rest

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances I must confess my own hypocrisy. I’ve been exploring the idea of living the Christian life by personally associating with the… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/dead-people-rest/

A Beautiful Death: Your stuff is not yours

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances The man in my congregation, whom I have always respected deeply, asked me, “You’re getting into woodworking right? Do you have a chop… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/your-stuff-not-yours/

A Beautiful Death: Death is separation. Die to sin.

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances When I had kids, I found a new favorite hobby: defining words. You cannot tell a child to be patient if she does not know what… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/death-separation-die-sin/

A Beautiful Death: Die well in the end by practicing now

LOOKING UP by Kyle Hooks: "A Beautiful Death"
Read More Looking Up Read More Upward Glances “I am a servant, and I am already dead.” In 2012, I started working as a part-time chaplain at a hospital. After training for a… http://lookingupfrombelow.com/read/die-well-end-practicing-now/